Terrible tsarinas : five Russian women in power / / Henri Troyat ; translated by Andrea Lyn Secara
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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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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Algora Publishing, , 2001 |
| ©2001 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 947/.05/0922 B |
| Soggetto topico: | Empresses - Russia |
| Soggetto geografico: | Russia History 1689-1801 |
| Persona (resp. second.): | SecaraAndrea Lyn |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Terrible tsarinas |
| ISBN: | 1-280-60903-6 |
| 9786610609031 | |
| 1-892941-34-1 | |
| 0-87586-148-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814818703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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