Книга: Virginia Rounding «Catherine the Great»
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Серия: "-" Many legends have grown up about the sexual rapacity of Catherine the Great. While it is true that she shocked the Russian court with the number and age of her lovers, there is no truth in the rumour of her death by stallion. Unhappily married to the Grand Duke Peter, a man who preferred to play with his toy soldiers in the bedroom, they failed to produce an heir, and Catherine turned her attentions to a certain Sergey Saltykov who fathered the future Tsar Paul I. Six months into the reign of Peter III, Catherine, supported by the Imperial Guard, staged a successful coup against her husband and became Empress. It was her ambition to transform a vast but semi-barbaric country with the cultural and political reforms of Enlightenment Europe. In this timely and fascinating biography, Virginia Rounding reveals an extraordinary woman in all her complexity. Издательство: "Random House, Inc." (2007)
ISBN: 978-0-09-946234-7 Купить за 1490 руб в My-shop |
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| Catherine the Great | Many legends have grown up about the sexual rapacity of Catherine the Great. While it is true that she shocked the Russian court with the number and age of her lovers, there is no truth in the rumour… — Random House, Inc., Подробнее... | бумажная книга |
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Catherine the Great (disambiguation) — Catherine the Great may refer to:*Catherine II of Russia, Empress of Russia 1762 1796 * Catherine the Great (1934 film) * Catherine the Great (TV movie), 1995 television movie starring Catherine Zeta Jones *Catherine Ndereba, a Kenyan long… … Wikipedia
Catherine the Great (TV movie) — Infobox Film name = Catherine the Great image size = caption = DVD cover, featuring Catherine Zeta Jones director = Marvin J. Chomsky John Goldsmith producer = writer = John Goldsmith Frank Tudisco narrator = starring = Catherine Zeta Jones music … Wikipedia
Catherine the Great (1934 film) — Infobox Film name = Catherine the Great image size = caption = director = Paul Czinner producer = Alexander Korda Ludovico Toeplitz (uncredited) writer = Marjorie Deans Arthur Wimperis narrator = starring = Elisabeth Bergner Douglas Fairbanks Jr … Wikipedia
Catherine the Great — noun empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729 1796) • Syn: ↑Catherine II, ↑Catherine • Instance Hypernyms: ↑empress … Useful english dictionary
Catherine the Great — (1729 96) German born Empress of Russia (1762 96) credited with expanding Russian territory after defeating the Turks … English contemporary dictionary
