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Catherine the Great : portrait of a woman

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  • Author: Massie, Robert K.
    Contributor: Jones, Erin
    Date:
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    2012
    Summary:

    Biography of the minor German princess who was brought to Russia by Empress Elizabeth and became Catherine the Great (1729-1796). Details her marriage to Peter III and ascendance to the throne. Highlights Catherine's modernization and expansion of the country amid court intrigue and wars. Bestseller. 2011.

    Genre:
    History and geography, Biographies and autobiographies
    Subject(s): Catherine | Empresses | Kings and rulers
    Original Publisher: New York : Random House, c2011, Washington, D.C., NLS
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 2011993935