Catherine Refracted: Pure Slush Vol. 7

by Matt Potter (Editor), Claudia Bierschenk (Contributor), Sarah Collie (Contributor)

Catherine the Great in her own reimagined words. Her lovers, her children, her wit and her wiles. Edited by Matt Potter.

101 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2013

About the author

Matt Potter is a journalist, editor and broadcaster. He has reported for BBC Radio from Eastern Europe, Afghanistan and Southeast Asia, and co-presented Radio 1's award-winning global travel shows. As a journalist, his nose for the unusual has seen his writing appear in places as diverse as the Daily Telegraph, Golf Monthly, Esquire, Sunday Telegraph, Jack, Maxim, the Irish Examiner and Q, and his stories on cocaine trafficking in Latin America have been published in Russian, Spanish and English. As a journalist in Belgrade, he broke the story of the NATO 'spy' giving away secrets to Serb forces on the web. He speaks a handful of languages but attempts to speak at least twenty more. Matt is 39 and lives in London.

Reviews

[Stephen Ramey · Rating 5 out of 5]

An interesting experiment that pays off nicely. Catherine the Great reinvented through the distinctive lenses of more than 20 writers. Some very strong writing, but mainly its the variety of perspectives upon a woman who truly was great that make the book for me. Full disclosure: My story "Catherine's First" is included in the collection. "The Cossack Ultimatum" by Gay Degani is probably my favorite story, a truly brilliant glimpse into Catherine's political acumen and a pivotal moment in Russian history.