Catherine the Great
By: Simon Dixon.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Ecco
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780060786274
Subjects: Catherine -- II, -- Empress of Russia, -- 1729-1796; Catherine -- II, -- Empress of Russia, -- 1729-1796; Empresses -- Russia -- Biography; Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography; Russia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796; Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography; Russia -- History
Genres: Biography
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.
Notes: Originally published: Great Britain : Profile Books, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-395) and index.
Table of contents: title: The coronation of a usurper, 1762; title: From Pomerania to St Petersburg, 1729-1744; title: Betrothal and marriage, 1744-1745; title: Living and loving at the Court of Empress Elizabeth, 1746-1753; title: Ambition, 1754-1759; title: Assassination, 1759-1762; title: "Our Lady of St Petersburg," 1763-1766; title: Philosopher on the throne, 1767-1768; title: Imperial ambitions, 1768-1772; title: Paul, Pugachëv, and Potëmkin, 1772-1775; title: The search for emotional stability, 1776-1784; title: Zenith, 1785-1790; title: End of an era, 1790-1796; title: The afterlife of an empress.