Catherine the Great portrait of a woman
Presents a reconstruction of the eighteenth-century empress's life that covers her efforts to engage Russia in the cultural life of Europe, her creation of the Hermitage, and her numerous scandal-free romantic affairs.
| Main Author: | Massie, Robert K., 1929- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Random House,
c2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
Table of Contents:
- A German princess
- A painful marriage
- Seduction, Motherhood, and confrontation
- "The time has come!"
- Empress of Russia
- Potemkin and favoritism
- "My name is Catherine the Second".