Catherine the Great [[electronic resource] ] : life and legend / / John T. Alexander
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Alexander John T
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| Titolo: |
Catherine the Great [[electronic resource] ] : life and legend / / John T. Alexander
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1989 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (457 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 947/.063/0924 |
| B | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Russia Kings and rulers Biography |
| Russia History Catherine II, 1762-1796 | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. Catherine's youth and her accession to the throne -- pt. 2. The crises of mid-life -- pt. 3. An aging empress. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | One of the most colorful characters in modern history, Catherine II of Russia began her life as a minor German princess, until the childless Empress Elizabeth and Catherine's own scheming mother married her off to the Grand Duke Peter of Russia at age sixteen. By thirty-three, she had overthrown her husband in a bloodless coup and established herself as Empress of the multinational Russian Empire, the largest territorial political unit in modern history. Portrayed both as a political genius who restored to Russia the glory it had known in the days of Peter the Great and as a despotic foreign a |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Catherine the Great |
| ISBN: | 0-19-987885-4 |
| 1-283-12136-0 | |
| 9786613121363 | |
| 0-19-987430-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910789442603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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