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001 2006047084
003 DLC
005 20070314121906.0
008 061127r20072006nyuacf b 001 0beng
010 $a 2006047084
020 $a9780312328870 (alk. paper)
020 $a0312328877 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm76871519
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043 $ae-ur---
050 00 $aDK170$b.R68 2007
082 00 $a947/.063092$aB$222
100 1 $aRounding, Virginia.
245 10 $aCatherine the Great :$blove, sex and power /$cVirginia Rounding.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c2007.
300 $axxv, 566 p., [16] p. of plates :$bcol. ill., col. ports. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 512-552) and index.
500 $aOriginally published: London : Hutchinson, 2006.
505 0 $aFrom Feudal Anthill to the Court of Russia -- Engagement and wedding -- Early married life -- Catherine grows up -- Sir Charles Hanbury-Williams and Stanislas Poniatowski -- Empress of all the Russias -- Murder, coronation and conspiracy -- Catherine sets to work -- Laws, smallpox and war -- The heroic Orlov -- Confusion and unrest -- Passion and pretenders -- New lovers and a new daughter-in-law -- Grandsons and other acquisitions -- The empress and the emperor -- The failures of physicians -- Convalescence and recovery -- The great Crimean Voyage, and 'proverbs' in Petersburg -- The beginning of the end -- Last years -- Death and burial.
600 00 $aCatherine$bII,$cEmpress of Russia,$d1729-1796.
650 0 $aEmpresses$zRussia$vBiography.
651 0 $aRussia$xKings and rulers$vBiography.
651 0 $aRussia$xHistory$yCatherine II, 1762-1796.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0708/2006047084-d.html