Elizabeth and Catherine
by Coughlan, Robert
Published by : G.P. Putnam's Sons (New York) Physical details: 347 p ISBN:0399112502. ISSN:978039911| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| 900 - 999 | 947.060922 Cou (Browse shelf) | Available | In Memory of : Theodore Heck | 40848 |
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| 947.0099 War Chronicle of the Russian tsars : | 947.0460922 And The rulers of Russia / | 947.05 Mas Peter the Great: | 947.060922 Cou Elizabeth and Catherine | 947.061092 Gre Ivan the terrible | 947.063092 Mas Catherine the Great : | 947.063092 Old Catherine the Great |
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."
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.
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