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The Winter Palace a novel of Catherine the Great

An imaginative retelling of Catherine the Great's improbable rise to power--as seen through the ever-watchful eyes of an all-but-invisible servant close to the throne.

Main Author: Stachniak, Eva, 1952-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Bantam Books, c2011.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Catherine > II, > Empress of Russia, > 1729-1796 > Fiction.
Empresses > Russia > Fiction.
Courts and courtiers > Fiction.
Intrigue > Fiction.
Russia > History > Catherine II, 1762-1796 > Fiction.
Historical fiction > Russia.
Biographical fiction > Russia.
Summary: An imaginative retelling of Catherine the Great's improbable rise to power--as seen through the ever-watchful eyes of an all-but-invisible servant close to the throne.
Physical Description: 444 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780553808124
0553808125
9780553908046 (ebook)
0553908049 (ebook)
Author Notes: Eva Stachniak was born in Wrocław, Poland. She moved to Canada in 1981 and has worked for Radio Canada International and Sheridan College, where she taught English and humanities. Her first short story, "Marble Heroes," was published by The Antigonish Review in 1994, and her debut novel, Necessary Lies, won the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2000. She is also the author of Garden of Venus, which has been translated into seven languages. She lives in Toronto, where she is at work on her next novel about Catherine the Great, which Bantam Books will publish.

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