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Author Rounding, Virginia.

Title Catherine the Great : love, sex, and power / Virginia Rounding.

Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2008.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  947.063 C363R    Check Shelf
Edition First St. Martin's Griffin edition.
Description xxv, 566 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary A portrait of the late-eighteenth-century Russian ruler discusses how she seized and kept the throne in spite of her illegitimate claim and a series of wars, rebellions, and plagues, tracing how she rendered Russia a major European power.
Subject Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796.
Empresses -- Russia -- Biography.
Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Russia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796.
ISBN 9780312378639
0312378637
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