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From award-winning author Eva Stachniak comes this passionate novel that tells the epic story of Catherine the Great’s improbable rise to power—as seen through the ever-watchful eyes of an all-but-invisible servant close to the throne.
Her name is Barbara—in Russian, Varvara. Nimble-witted and attentive, she’s allowed into the employ of the Empress Elizabeth, amid the glitter and cruelty of the world’s...
Her name is Barbara—in Russian, Varvara. Nimble-witted and attentive, she’s allowed into the employ of the Empress Elizabeth, amid the glitter and cruelty of the world’s...
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"This exciting Who Was? title explores how Catherine the Great was able to turn Russia into one of the great powers of Europe by expanding its borders, helping improve its educational system, and advocating for the arts. Her three-decade reign is considered the Golden Age of Russia"--
7) Tsarina
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Before there was Catherine the Great, there was Catherine Alexeyevna: the first woman to rule Russia in her own right. St. Petersburg, 1725. Peter the Great lies dying in his magnificent Winter Palace. The weakness and treachery of his only son has driven his father to an appalling act of cruelty and left the empire without an heir. Russia risks falling into chaos. Into the void steps the woman who has been by his side for decades: his second wife,...
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Oneworld Publications
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A killer virus ... an all-powerful Empress ... an encounter cloaked in secrecy. Within living memory, smallpox was a dreaded disease. Over human history it has killed untold millions. Back in the eighteenth century, as epidemics swept Europe, the first rumours emerged of an effective treatment: a mysterious method called inoculation. But a key problem remained: convincing people to accept the preventative remedy, the forerunner of vaccination. Arguments...
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Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
56 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, geneological table ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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A biography of the German princess who became the absolute ruler of the Russian empire and won for herself the reputation of being a great enlightened monarch.
10) Great Catherine
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Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
1994.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
392 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Series
Criterion collection volume 109
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
RSDL dual-layer edition
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Catherine, a German princess, married the Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Because of his madness, she was able to seize the throne and become known as Catherine the Great.
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 466 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the remarkable history of Catherine the Great's influential art collection and creation of the Hermitage, discussing how her cultural goals were part of a long-term plan to modernize and westernize Russia.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 9 hr. 39 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A satirical, comedic drama, based on the occasional historical fact, about the rise of Catherine the Great. An idealistic romantic young girl, she arrives from Prussia for an arranged marriage to the mercurial Emperor Peter hoping for love and sunshine and finds instead a dangerous, depraved, backward world that she resolves to change. All she has to do is kill her husband, beat the church, baffle the military, and get the court on her side.
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Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
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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Series
Publisher
World Almanac Library
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, geneological table ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the German princess who became the absolute ruler of the Russian empire and won for herself the reputation of being a great enlightened monarch.
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