Catherine The Great

Henri Troyat
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Details the life of the German-born Russian empress, from her birth in Stettin to her death at sixty-six, and recreates the extravagant life of her court, portraying the men and women who shared or succumbed to her power
Genres: HistoryBiographyNonfictionRussiaRussian HistoryHistoricalBiography MemoirEuropean HistoryRoyaltyPolitics
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