About this title: Born a little German princess without a drop of Russian blood in her veins she came to embody Russia and as the country moved from war to war and conquest to conquest it was Catherine who became great. Those who served her throne, or her bed, were well rewarded while the serfs were condemned to ever-worsening conditions. Men were instruments of ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781842120293ISBN:1842120298
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9781842120293ISBN:1842120298
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Edition: Book Club Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton
Date Published: 1980
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Nice hard cover, lightly read, light shelf wear to dust jacket, stk #1043m7. 430 p. Includes: illustrations, index. read more
Edition: Book Club Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton
Date Published: 1980
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Nice hard cover, lightly read, some shelf wear to dust jacket, 1" tear on bottom of dust jacket back, stk #2459v8. 430 p. Includes: illustrations, index. read more
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780425051863ISBN:0425051862
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Clean unmarked pages. Light edge wear to cover. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780425051863ISBN:0425051862
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Good Copy. Text ciean and unmarked. Binding is tight. Spine is square and has creasing and wear. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780425051863ISBN:0425051862
Description: Good. Cover shows some wear. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: PANTHER
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780586053010ISBN:0586053018
Description: Published by PANTHER in 1981. Paperback. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. #1241151 Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Edition: Spinelines/cover crease/edgerubs/tight
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780425079812ISBN:0425079813
Description: Good. 0425079813 She came as a virgin to the most licentious court in all the world. She was given in marriage to a mostrous prince who degraded her in bed and humiliated her out of it. She fought for survival against a mother in law who tried to destroy her again and again. She triumphed to become the most powerful woman in the world. And the lonliest-giving herself to legions of lovers in a desperate search for the man who could still the raging fires within her... read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780425079812ISBN:0425079813
Description: Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Name on first page. Spine creasing & edgewear to cover. Pages tanning otherwise very good. SUMMARY: She came as a virgin to the most licentious court in all the world. She was given in marriage to a monstrous prince who degraded her in bed and humiliated her out of it. She fought for survival against a mother-in-law who tried to destroy her again and again. She triumphed to become the most powerful woman in the world. And the loneliest-giving herself to legions of ... read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Date Published: November 1981
ISBN-13:9780425051863ISBN:0425051862
Description: Used-Very Good. Biography. Trans. by Joan Pinkham. Excellent condition, with minor binding creasing and a little edge wear, front cover has a small chip from removal of price label; clean and bright inside and out, tight binding. read more
"I bought this book after perusing an exhibition telling the story of Catherine the Great and exhibiting some of her possessions and period pieces. Since my grandparents came to homestead in Russia/Ukraine because of Catherine's bold invitation (out of her desire to improve the yield of the country's most fertile land), I wanted to know more about her policies and the sweeping changes she made to improve the country. It was a great book; I learned a lot of history."
"Not nearly as captivating as Peter the Great by Robert Massie but this is mostly due to the fact that Catherine frittered away so much of her time and energy with an endless list of gorgeous but rather mindless lovers. I was a bit bored by the descriptions of her love life and would have preferred to read more about her politics. Nevertheless the book has left a strong impression and I will never forget the amazing trials of Catherine's youth, arriving in Russia as a young German aristocrat and living with her childish husband under the domination of Empress Elizabeth."
"I have long been fascinated with Russia - her people, her leaders, and her history. Catherine the Great is an incredibly interesting and fascinating character in that history. Although there have been many books written about her, the best is a writing I discovered about 35 years ago. I haven't been able to find that particular book (probably long out of print), but this one by Troyat is equally good reading."
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