349 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents
A general's daughter -- Invitation for two -- All the Russias -- Journey to Moscow -- Becoming Catherine -- The married prisoners -- Humiliation -- Motherhood by command -- Indiscretions -- Disgrace -- Preparing to rule -- Peter's reign -- Oak leaves and poison -- Reforming Russia -- The move to compassion -- Victories abroad -- Portrait of the empress -- Enter Potemkin -- The literary scene -- Of palaces and paintings -- Potemkin predominant -- The later achievements -- Like a fly in Spring -- Criticism and sedition -- The dream of a Russian Europe -- Catherine the Great
Summary
A biography of the German princess who became the absolute ruler of the Russian empire and won for herself the reputation of a great enlightened monarch
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-335) and index