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Empress Of The Night: A Novel Of Catherine The Great (2014)

by Eva Stachniak(Favorite Author)

2.96 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0553808133 (ISBN13: 9780553808131)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Bantam

series

Catherine

review 1: I loved the first book and couldn't wait for this one but I was some-what disappointed in this book. The book focused too much on Catherine's love affairs instead of on her accomplishments Also the time-line seemed disjoined, one minute her son was a little kid the next he's married with children. The same with her grandparents. I couldn't not figure out how old anyone was. I also wish it was shown how she married her son and grandsons off. The story just did not flow.
review 2: I'm a huge fan of historical fiction. Never have I read a book as badly done as this! Catherine has a stroke while in the water closet. From this humiliating point at the end of her life she experiences flashbacks until she finally dies. The flashbacks are disjointed. The entir... moree novel is choppy. It is nearly impossible to care about a single event. The book does not flow in a way that allows the reader to become lost in the novel. This is not a story; it's a mish mash of fragmented tales without any way to truly mark time. I learned nothing important or memorable about Catherine the Great. The authors portrayal of Catherine makes her into a weak, vain & oversexed woman. Reading this book one would think, what exactly made this woman great? Having a stroke while having her toilet? The book is a disgrace. There are a lot of fantastic historical fiction books to choose from. This is nothing more than a poorly written book who's entirety is an insult to such an important woman in history. less

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