Title: Elizabeth and Catherine: empresses of all the Russias.
Authors: Coughlan, Robert, 1914-
Publisher: Putnam
Year: 1974
Subjects: Elizabeth,; Catherine; Russia History
Abstract: Elizabeth, the daughter of Peter the Great, emerges as an important figure influencing Catherine the Great and the course of Russian history in this account of the lives of these eighteenth-century empresses.
Contents: A gallery of Elizabeths -- Empress Catherine remembers Princess Sophia -- ... And Grand Duke Peter -- A wedding that redeemed a vow -- The imprisoned newlyweds -- The inescapable need for an heir -- An heir is created -- Lessons of the "third Rome" -- Politics, war, and love -- High jinks and higher intrigue -- "Three equally dangerous paths" -- Elizabeth and Catherine: the great confrontation -- The death of Elizabeth -- The reign of Peter III -- Peter disposed -- "The death of the monster" -- Petro primo, Catherina secunda -- Building the Hermatige and a palace for Orlow -- Toward the restoration of Kievan Russia -- The Pugachew rebellion -- End of the enlightenment in Russia -- The bamboo kingdom -- Potemkin -- The Greek project -- To the mother of Russian cities -- The drama of Sevastopol -- "In the time of monsieur Alexander".