false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172243712m/152461.jpg 152461 4 Dutiful daughter, frustrated wife, passionate lover, domineering mother, doting grandmother, devoted friend, tireless legislator, generous patron of artists and philosophers&#8212;the Empress Catherine II, the Great, was all these things, and more. Her reign, the longest in Russian Imperial history, lasted from 1762 until her death in 1796; during those years she built on the work begun by her most famous predecessor, Peter the Great, to establish Russia as a major European power and to transform its new capital, St Petersburg, into a city to rival Paris and London in the beauty of its architecture, the glittering splendor of its Court and the magnificence of its art collections. Yet the great Catherine was not even Russian by birth and had no legitimate claim to the Russian throne; she seized it and held on to it, through wars, rebellions and plagues, by the force of her personality, by her charm and determination, and by an unshakable belief in her own destiny.<br> <br>This is the story of Catherine the woman, whom power alone could never satisfy, for she also wanted love, affection, friendship and humor. She found these in letter-writing, in grandchildren, in gardens, architecture and greyhounds&#8212;as well as in a succession of lovers which gave rise to salacious rumors throughout Europe. The real Catherine, however, was more interesting than any rumor.<br> <br>Using many of Catherine&#8217;s own words from her voluminous correspondence and other documents, as well as contemporary accounts by courtiers, ambassadors and foreign visitors, Virginia Rounding penetrates the character of this most powerful, fascinating and surprisingly sympathetic of eighteenth-century women. 2574340 2006 Catherine the Great: Love, Sex, and Power total:79|5:14|4:27|3:29|2:7|1:2| 79 281 203 28 152461 0312328877 9780312328870 76 24 3.56 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172243712m/152461.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152461.Catherine_the_Great_Love_Sex_and_Power 5 1 false Sat May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 14:37:15 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 13:03:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2565704 0099462346 9780099462347 3 2 3.56 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2565704.Catherine_the_Great 1 1 false Sat Jan 12 17:50:38 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 18:01:29 -0800 2008
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