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Biographical series in which guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.

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Great Lives: Series 45

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Barbara Stocking

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Great Lives: Episode 9: Barbara Stocking on Catherine the Great

Barbara Stocking on Catherine the Great

Episode 9

Episode 9: Barbara Stocking on Catherine the Great

BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Barbara Stocking on Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great is chosen by Dame Barbara Stocking. Matthew Parris presents.

Catherine the Great is chosen by Barbara Stocking. Matthew Parris presents.

Catherine the Great assumed power in a St Petersburg coup, extended the empire into Crimea, Ukraine and Alaska. is Russia's longest lasting female ruler, and wasn't even Russian herself. All of this intrigues Dame Barbara Stocking, former head of Oxfam, who admires Catherine's leadership style.
Biographer Virginia Rounding provides the details of her background and her lovers, and Matthew Parris presents. 

The producer in Bristol is Miles Warde.

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