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| Genre/Form: | Biographies Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Catherine, Empress of Russia; Catherine, Empress of Russia; Catherine II, Empress of Russia |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Henri Troyat; Joan Pinkham |
| ISBN: | 0525078134 9780525078135 |
| Language Note: | Translation of Catherine la Grande. |
| OCLC Number: | 5830542 |
| Description: | xv, 377 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents: | Figchen -- En route -- The steps of the throne -- Betrothal -- Marriage -- The virgin wife -- Love and motherhood -- First political skirmishes -- The big scene -- Love, gathering darkness, perfidy -- The reign of Peter III -- The coup d'Etat -- The apprenticeship of power -- Incense and blood -- "Legislomania" -- The French and the Turks -- The marriage of the grand duke -- Diderot and Pugachev -- Potemkin -- Catherine the Great -- Lanskoy -- The journey to the Crimea -- Wars -- Zubov against Potemkin -- Poland and France -- The end. |
| Other Titles: | Catherine la Grande. |
| Responsibility: | Henri Troyat ; translated by Joan Pinkham. |
Abstract:
A biography of the German-born Russian Empress who was one of the most influential of the eighteenth-century rulers.
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