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Catherine the Great

Author:	Henri Troyat
Publisher:	New York : Dutton, ©1980.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	A biography of the German-born Russian Empress who was one of the most influential of the eighteenth-century rulers.
Rating:	based on 1 rating(s) 1 with a review
Subjects	Catherine -- II, -- Empress of Russia, -- 1729-1796. Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Genre/Form:	Biography
Named Person:	Catherine, Empress of Russia
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Henri Troyat Find more information about:
OCLC Number:	5830542
Notes:	Translation of Catherine la Grande.
Description:	xv, 377 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:	TABLE OF 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.

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A biography of the German-born Russian Empress who was one of the most influential of the eighteenth-century rulers.

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