Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great / Simon Dixon.

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dixon, Simon (Simon M.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Ecco, 2009.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:
Catherine > II, > Empress of Russia, > 1729-1796.
Empresses > Russia > Biography.
Russia > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Russia > History > Catherine II, 1762-1796.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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