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" Catherine the Great : "
Robert K. Massie
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BL
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704725
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b526914
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| Main Entry
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Massie, Robert K.,1929-
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| Title & Author
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Catherine the Great : : portrait of a woman /\ Robert K. Massie
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Random House,, [2011]
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, ©2011
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xiii, 625 pages, [16] pages of color plates :: col. illustrations (some color), maps, portraits,; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0679456724
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: 9780679456728
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-599) and index
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| Contents
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A German princess -- A painful marriage -- Seduction, motherhood, and confrontation -- "The time has come!" -- Empress of Russia -- Pote Potemkin and favoritism -- "My name is Catherine the Second."
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| Abstract
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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
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Catherine, II,1729-1796
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Empresses-- Russia, Biography
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Russia, History, Catherine II, 1762-1796
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Russia, Kings and rulers, Biography
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| Dewey Classification
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947/.063092B
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DK170.M34 2011
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