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Details the life of the German-born Russian empress, from her birth in Stettin to her death at sixty-six, and recreates the extravagant life of her court, portraying the men and women who shared or succumbed to her power.
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"Enjoyable and perceptive study ... Rounding has read widely, and writes punctilious, professional history with a no-nonsense style and a respectful relish for the details that make the past come alive." (Simon Sebag Montefiore Sunday Telegraph)
"Rounding writes with enviable lucidity, and gives us the most accessible and enjoyable portrait yet." (Daily Mail)
"Written with vigour and intelligence enough to do justice to its prodigious subject." (Sunday Times)
"Rounding shows that ... the reality is far more interesting than any of the fictions." (Scotland on Sunday)
Power politics and sexual politics combine in the life of an extraordinary woman who ruled Russia from 1762 until her death in 1796.
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- PublisherBerkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0425079813
- ISBN 13 9780425079812
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