Catherine the Great - Brossura

Dixon, Professor Simon

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1861977778 ISBN 13: 9781861977779

Casa editrice: Profile Books, 2010

Riassunto

When Catherine II died in St Petersburg in 1796 the world sensed the loss of the most celebrated monarch of Europe - something no one would have predicted at the birth sixty-seven years before of an obscure German princess, Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, later married off to the pathetic heir to the Russian throne. There were few greater transformations of fortunes in history. Sophie/Catherine had come to rule in her own right over the largest state in existence since the fall of the Roman Empire. She was branded both a usurper and an assassin when she seized power from her wretched husband in 1762. Yet she survived the initial succession crisis, and went on to occupy the Russian throne for thirty-four years. In the process, she turned her new empire from peripheral pariah to European great power.

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Recensione:

A superb biography ... scholarly, refreshing, commonsensical and compelling, vividly portraying the charismatic Empress and her times (Simon Sebag Montefiore Sunday Telegraph)

Dixon brings his subject to life admirably in this scholarly and sympathetic biography of a remarkable woman (Maria Fairweather Mail on Sunday)

Dixon is impressive at description, building with intricate detail, and the book swarms with terrific characters. (Duncan Fallowell Daily Express)

Lively and readable (Paul Byrne Irish Times)

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Empress, empire-builder, intellectual, art-collector, lover - this magnificent new biography does full justice to a truly remarkable ruler.

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• Editore: Profile Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1861977778
• ISBN 13: 9781861977779
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 448