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Author : Kazimierz Waliszewski
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book The Romance of an Empress written by Kazimierz Waliszewski and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781020931840
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (318 download)
Download or read book The Romance Of An Empress written by Anonymous and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this elegant biography, Kazimierz Waliszewski offers a vivid and engaging portrait of Catherine the Great, one of the most powerful and influential monarchs in Russian history. Through a detailed exploration of her life, career, and legacy, he provides a nuanced and insightful perspective on this fascinating figure. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Kazimierz Waliszewski
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Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (838 download)
Download or read book The Romance of an Empress Catherine II. of Russia written by Kazimierz Waliszewski and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kazimierz Klemens Waliszewski
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (458 download)
Download or read book The Romance of an Empress, Catherine II of Russia. Translated from the French of K. Waliszewski ... written by Kazimierz Klemens Waliszewski and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kazimierz Waliszewski
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Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (838 download)
Download or read book The Romance of an Empress Catherine II. of Russia written by Kazimierz Waliszewski and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kazimierz 1849-1935 Waliszewski
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781371976248
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (762 download)
Download or read book ROMANCE OF AN EMPRESS written by Kazimierz 1849-1935 Waliszewski and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : R. Waliszewski
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (112 download)
Download or read book The romance of an empress, Catherine II of Russia written by R. Waliszewski and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : Kazimierz WALISZEWSKI
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Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The Romance of an Empress. Catherine II. of Russia. From the French of R. [or Rather K.] Waliszewski, Etc. [With a Portrait.]. written by Kazimierz WALISZEWSKI and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kazimierz Waliszewski
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ISBN 13 : 9780208003959
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)
Download or read book The Romance of an Empress written by Kazimierz Waliszewski and published by . This book was released on 1968-06 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Virginia Rounding
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429967986
Total Pages : 985 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Catherine the Great written by Virginia Rounding and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-02-06 with total page 985 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dutiful daughter, frustrated wife, passionate lover, domineering mother, doting grandmother, devoted friend, tireless legislator, generous patron of artists and philosophers—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. 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—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. Using many of Catherine'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.
Author : John T. Alexander
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195061624
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)
Download or read book Catherine the Great written by John T. Alexander and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1989-11-09 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines all aspects of Catherine the Great's life and career, focusing on her role as mother, lover, and ruler during her reign as Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.
Author : Susan Jaques
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1681771144
Total Pages : 655 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (817 download)
Download or read book The Empress of Art written by Susan Jaques and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A German princess who married a decadent and lazy Russian prince, Catherine mobilized support amongst the Russian nobles, playing off of her husband's increasing corruption and abuse of power. She then staged a coup that ended with him being strangled with his own scarf in the halls of the palace, and herself crowned the Empress of Russia. Intelligent and determined, Catherine modeled herself off of her grandfather in-law, Peter the Great, and sought to further modernize and westernize Russia. She believed that the best way to do this was through a ravenous acquisition of art, which Catherine often used as a form of diplomacy with other powers throughout Europe. She was a self-proclaimed "glutton for art" and she would be responsible for the creation of the Hermitage, one of the largest museums in the world, second only to the Louvre. Catherine also spearheaded the further expansion of St. Petersburg, and the magnificent architectural wonder the city became is largely her doing. There are few women in history more fascinating than Catherine the Great, and for the first time, Susan Jaques brings her to life through the prism of art.
Author : Catherine II (Empress of Russia)
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9789057550232
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Two Comedies by Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia written by Catherine II (Empress of Russia) and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Siberian shaman: Cast gender - mixed; number - 10 males, 5 females (total 15); size - large; length - 5 acts, 53 scenes. Satire on shamanism as a deceitful profession which preys on the gullible.
Author : Virginia Rounding
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312378639
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (786 download)
Download or read book Catherine the Great written by Virginia Rounding and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-01-22 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RA great thumping triumph of a bookS ("London Telegraph"), this is the first comprehensive modern biography of Catherine the Great to explore her both as a woman and empress.
Author : Carolly Erickson
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 9780312135034
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Great Catherine written by Carolly Erickson and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 1994 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the moment the fourteen-year-old Princess Sophia of Anhalt-Zerbst agreed to marry the heir to the Russian throne, she was mired in a quicksand of intrigue. Precociously intelligent, self-confident, and attractive but with a stubborn, wayward streak, Sophia withstood a degree of emotional battering that would have broken a weaker spirit until at last she emerged, triumphant over her many enemies, as Empress Catherine II of Russia. Her achievements as empress were prodigious. She brought vast new lands under Russian rule. She raised the prestige of Russia in Europe. She began the process of imposing legal and political order on the chaos she inherited from her predecessors. Yet few historical figures have been so enthusiastically vilified as Catherine the Great. Whispers that she had ordered her husband's murder grew to murmurs that she was an immoral woman and finally to shouts that she was a depraved, lust-crazed nymphomaniac. With deft mastery of historical narrative and an unsurpassed ability to make the past live again, Carolly Erickson uncovers the real woman behind the tarnished image—an indomitable, feisty, often visionary ruler who, in an age of caveats and constraints, blithely went her own way. Great Catherine reveals the complexities of this great ruler's nature, her craving for love, her insecurities, the inevitable sorrows and disappointments of a strong empress who dared not share her power with any man yet longed to be led and guided by a loving consort. Great Catherine is a fresh portrait of an infamous historical figure, one that reveals how Catherine's flawed triumph guaranteed her posthumous fame and enhanced the might and renown of Russia for generations to come.
Author : Robert K. Massie
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 158836044X
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman written by Robert K. Massie and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] tale of power, perseverance and passion . . . a great story in the hands of a master storyteller.”—The Wall Street Journal The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination. For thirty-four years, the government, foreign policy, cultural development, and welfare of the Russian people were in her hands. She dealt with domestic rebellion, foreign wars, and the tidal wave of political change and violence churned up by the French Revolution. Catherine’s family, friends, ministers, generals, lovers, and enemies—all are here, vividly brought to life. History offers few stories richer than that of Catherine the Great. In this book, an eternally fascinating woman is returned to life. “[A] compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a flesh-and-blood woman.”—Newsweek “An absorbing, satisfying biography.”—Los Angeles Times “Juicy and suspenseful.”—The New York Times Book Review “A great life, indeed, and irresistibly told.”—Salon NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times • The Washington Post • USA Today • The Boston Globe • San Francisco Chronicle • Chicago Tribune • Newsweek/The Daily Beast • Salon • Vogue • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • The Providence Journal • Washington Examiner • South Florida Sun-Sentinel • BookPage • Bookreporter • Publishers Weekly BONUS: This edition contains a Catherine the Great reader's guide.
Author : Catherine the Great
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 0307432432
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book The Memoirs of Catherine the Great written by Catherine the Great and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empress Catherine II brought Europe to Russia, and Russia to Europe, during her long and eventful reign (1762—96). She fostered the culture of the Enlightenment and greatly expanded the immense empire created by Czar Ivan the Terrible, shifting the balance of power in Europe eastward. Famous for her will to power and for her dozen lovers, Catherine was also a prolific and gifted writer. Fluent in French, Russian, and German, Catherine published political theory, journalism, comedies, operas, and history, while writing thousands of letters as she corresponded with Voltaire and other public figures. The Memoirs of Catherine the Great provides an unparalleled window into eighteenth-century Russia and the mind of an absolute ruler. With insight, humor, and candor, Catherine presents her eyewitness account of history, from her whirlwind entry into the Russian court in 1744 at age fourteen as the intended bride of Empress Elizabeth I’s nephew, the eccentric drunkard and future Peter III, to her unhappy marriage; from her two children, several miscarriages, and her and Peter’s numerous affairs to the political maneuvering that enabled Catherine to seize the throne from him in 1762. Catherine’s eye for telling details makes for compelling reading as she describes the dramatic fall and rise of her political fortunes. This definitive new translation from the French is scrupulously faithful to her words and is the first for which translators have consulted original manuscripts written in Catherine’s own hand. It is an indispensable work for anyone interested in Catherine the Great, Russian history, or the eighteenth century.
