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Empress of the night a novel of Catherine the Great

A follow-up to "The Winter Palace" continues the Romanov monarch's reflections on her world-changing rule in the shadow of the French Revolution, during which she orchestrates a political maneuver to secure her successor.

Main Author: Stachniak, Eva, 1952-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Bantam Books, [2014]
Edition: First Edition.
Subjects:
Catherine > II, > Empress of Russia, > 1729-1796 > Fiction.
Russia > History > Fiction.
Biographical fiction > Russia.
Historical fiction > Russia.
Summary: A follow-up to "The Winter Palace" continues the Romanov monarch's reflections on her world-changing rule in the shadow of the French Revolution, during which she orchestrates a political maneuver to secure her successor.
Physical Description: xiii, 378 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9780553808131 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0553808133 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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 debut novel, Necessary Lies, won the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2000. Her first novel of Catherine the Great, The Winter Palace, was included in The Washington Post's 2011 list of most notable fiction. Stachniak lives in Toronto, where she is at work on her next novel.

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