| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
xv, 432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: Great Britain : Profile Books, 2009. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-395) and index. |
| Summary |
A portrait of the eighteenth-century Russian empress documents her rise from a little-known German princess to become one of Europe's most celebrated monarchs, in an account that offers insight into her public and private achievements. |
| Contents |
The coronation of a usurper, 1762 -- From Pomerania to St Petersburg, 1729-1744 -- Betrothal and marriage, 1744-1745 -- Living and loving at the Court of Empress Elizabeth, 1746-1753 -- Ambition, 1754-1759 -- Assassination, 1759-1762 -- "Our Lady of St Petersburg," 1763-1766 -- Philosopher on the throne, 1767-1768 -- Imperial ambitions, 1768-1772 -- Paul, Pugachëv, and Potëmkin, 1772-1775 -- The search for emotional stability, 1776-1784 -- Zenith, 1785-1790 -- End of an era, 1790-1796 -- The afterlife of an empress. |
| Subject |
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796.
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Empresses -- Russia -- Biography.
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Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Russia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796.
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| ISBN |
9780060786274: $35.00 |
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0060786272: $35.00 |
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