Catherine the Great : portrait of a woman
(2011)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/CATHERINE II
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Random House, [2011]
©2011
©2011
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
625 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : color illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780679456728 (acid-free paper), 0679456724 (acid-free paper)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Presents a reconstruction of the eighteenth-century empress's life that covers her efforts to engage Russia in the cultural life of Europe, her creation of the Hermitage, and her numerous scandal-free romantic affairs