Catherine the Great

by Robert K. Massie, published by Random House, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group

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A compulsively readable biography of the fascinating woman who, through a combination of luck, personality, and a fine mind, rose from her birth as a minor German princess to become the Empress of all the Russias.

Awards Won

Title Year
Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction (Gold round Medal depicting a winged horse) Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction

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The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction were established in 2012 to recognize the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. the previous year.

2012 - Winner(s)