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Empress of the vast Russian Empire by the age of 33 Catherine''s private and public life generated tremendous contemporary controversy and she has subsequently been portrayed variously as a political genius a despotic foreign adventuress a tyrant and a nymphomaniac.Drawing on little-known sources including Catherine''s billets doux John Alexander has produced a much-needed balanced appraisal and popular biography of one of the most powerful infamous and colourful figures in modern history.