Catherine The Great
By: Henri Troyat ; translated by Joan Pinkham.
Edition: Berkley ed.
Publisher: Berkley Books; Berkley
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780425079812
Subjects: Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796.; Soviet Union -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Table of contents: title: Figchen; title: En route; title: Steps of the throne; title: Betrothal; title: Marriage; title: Virgin wife; title: Love and motherhood; title: First political skirmishes; title: Big scene; title: Love, gathering darkness, perfidy; title: Reign of Peter III; title: Coup d'etat; title: Apprenticeship of power; title: Incense and blood; title: "Legislomania"; title: French and the Turks; title: Marriage of the Grand Duke; title: Diderot and Pugachev; title: Potemkin; title: Catherine the Great; title: Lanskoy; title: Journey to the Crimea; title: Wars; title: Zubov against Potemkin; title: Poland and France; title: End.