Catherine the Great
by Dixon, Simon
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060786272
- ISBN 13
- 9780060786274
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About This Item
New York: Ecco; HarperCollinsPublishers, 2009. xv, 432 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps, genealogical table; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Remainder mark/tail edge. Stated First U.S. Edition. Fine DJ. "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." - Publisher. 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, Pugache¨v, and Pote¨mkin, 1772-1775; The search for emotional stability, 1776-1784; Zenith, 1785-1790; End of an era, 1790-1796; The afterlife of an empress. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.
Synopsis
Originally published: Great Britain : Profile Books, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 340-395) and index.
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- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110847
- Title
- Catherine the Great
- Author
- Dixon, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0060786272
- ISBN 13
- 9780060786274
- Publisher
- Ecco; HarperCollinsPublishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- 8vo
- LCCN
- 2009280963
- Bookseller catalogs
- Russian & Slavic; European / 5. Baroque & Rococo; Patronage / Royal;
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