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Author:

Dixon, Simon (Simon M.)

Title:

Catherine the Great / Simon Dixon.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

Ecco,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xv, 432 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Catherine--II,--Empress of Russia,--1729-1796.
Empresses--Russia--Biography.
Russia--Biography.--Biography.
Russia--History--Catherine II, 1762-1796.

Notes:

Originally published: Great Britain : Profile Books, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-395) and index.

Contents:

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

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

0060786272
9780060786274

OCLC:

(OCoLC)148886790

LCCN:

2009280963

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BPPB851 -- Cambridge Memorial Library (Cambridge)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)