Empress of the night
Subtitle: a novel of Catherine the Great
By: Eva Stachniak
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print historical fiction; Thorndike Press large print historical fiction
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 603
ISBN-13: 9781410471055
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Large type books; Fiction
Description: Catherine the Great muses on her life, her relentless battle between love and power, the country she brought into the glorious new century, and the bodies left in her wake. By the end of her life, she had accomplished more than virtually any other woman in history. She built and grew the Romanov empire, amassed a vast fortune of art and land, and controlled an unruly and conniving court. Now, in a voice both indelible and intimate, she reflects on the decisions that gained her the world and brought her enemies to their knees. And before her last breath, shadowed by the bloody French Revolution, she sets up the end game for her last political maneuver, ensuring her successor and the greater glory of Russia.