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 into her public and private achievements.

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Full title :Catherine the Great / Simon Dixon.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.
Edition:1st U.S. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Ecco
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

Notes

Originally published: Great Britain : Profile Books, 2009.

First ECCO paperback ed published in 2010 with 8 col. plates pages and 8 b & w plate pages with ISBN 9780060786281.

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780060786274, 0060786272, 9780060786281, 0060786280
oclc:ocn148886790
LC Classification:DK170
Dewey Decimal:947/.063092

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.

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Biographies Catherine, II,, Empress of Russia collective biographies Empresses Empresses -- Biography. -- Russia History Impératrices -- Biographies. -- Russie Katharina (Russland, Zarin, II.) Kings and rulers Russia Russia -- Biography. -- Kings and rulers Russia -- History Russia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762… Russie -- Histoire -- 1762-1796 (Cather…