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Catherine the Great
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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 int...
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.
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- Creator
- Simon Dixon
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First U.S. edition
- New York : Ecco, 2009
- Physical Details
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- xv, 432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780060786274, 0060786272
- OCLC
- ocn148886790
- Originally published: Great Britain : Profile Books, 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-395) and index.
- 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