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Autore |
Troyat Henri |
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Titolo |
Terrible tsarinas : five Russian women in power / / Henri Troyat ; translated by Andrea Lyn Secara |
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New York : , : Algora Publishing, , 2001 |
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©2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-60903-6 |
9786610609031 |
1-892941-34-1 |
0-87586-148-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Empresses - Russia |
Russia History 1689-1801 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; I CATHERINE SHOWS THE WAY; II CATHERINE'S REIGN: A FLASH OF FLAMBOYANCE; III MACHINATIONS AROUND THE THRONE; IV THE SURPRISE ACCESSION OF ANNA IVANOVNA; V THE EXTRAVAGANT ANNA; VI ONE ANNA AFTER ANOTHER; VII ELIZABETH'S TRIUMPH; VIII AN AUTOCRAT AT WORK AND PLAY; IX ELIZABETHAN RUSSIA; X HER MAJESTY AND THEIR IMPERIAL HIGHNESSES; XI ANOTHER CATHERINE!; INDEX; THE ROMANOV DYNASTY |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Five flamboyant, "full-blooded"" women had a chance to rule Russia. How did it happen, and how did they do? In today's debates about male-female parity, much goes unsaid. Troyat's book brings back the past, when women really had political power. A realisti |
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