Catherine the Great : love, sex and power / Virginia Rounding.
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
Record details
- ISBN: 0312328877
- ISBN: 9780312328870
- Physical Description: xxv, 566 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color portraits ; 25 cm
- Edition: First United States edition
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2007.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Originally published: London : Hutchinson, 2006.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 512-552) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- From 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.
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- Subject:
- Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796.
Empresses > Russia > Biography.
Russia > History > Catherine II, 1762-1796.
Russia > Kings and rulers > Biography. - Genre:
- Biographies.
Available copies
- 9 of 9 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | BIO CATHERINE II (Text) | 36015000666178 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Barco Library | B CATHERINE (Text) | 39488200422667 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | B CATHERINE (Text) | 22281500058241 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | CATHERINE (Text) | 33258005966580 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Leland Library | B CATHERINE (Text) | 31423621166138 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Louisburg - Main Branch | B/CATHERINE (Text) | 72350000020467 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Pack Memorial Library | B CATHERINE II (Text) | 0020507262358 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Statesville Main Library | B CATHERINE ROU (Text) | 33114015762982 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Thomasville Public Library | B Catherine the Great (Text) | 25908004833096 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
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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
