Robert Massie
- When
- Tue Oct 2, 2012
- Where
- Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
- Time
- 7:00 pm
- Cost
- $25 - $30
- Tags
- Literary Arts, Books
Description
To students of Russian history, Robert Massie, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs, is a rock star. Massie is back with Catherine the Great, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most powerful and captivating women in history. His spellbinding books bring czarist Russia to life and along the way, he dispels some common myths – Catherine was not tricked by Prince Grigory Potemkin into believing that cardboard cutouts were real villages, nor did she die while attempting to have sex with a stallion."Not only the main characters but a whole era become alive and comprehensible.”
— Harper’s
More Info
- Link
- http://www.jccsf.org/arts
- Call
- 415-292-1233 (Box Office)
- Contact Form (account required)
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