{"product_id":"catherine-the-great-isbn-9780452011205","title":"Catherine the Great","description":"By delving into the life of Catherine the Great, this acclaimed biographer reveals the rich tapestry of Russia’s past, giving insight into the paradoxical character of its people and their stunning evolution from feudalism to communism to their present-day struggle for a free-market democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is history as it is rarely written today—elegant, witty, dramatic, and with an intimate knowledge of its characters. And what better subject for a biography than one of history's most powerful women, the German-born Russian empress whose adopted language and culture were French, and whose most loyal correspondents were Voltaire and Diderot? Troyat details the various lives of Catherine II: the ambitious child, the acquiescent yet firm grand duchess, the forceful politician and patron of the arts, the belligerent war maker, and the doting grandparent.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A remarkable woman . . . A riveting book.”—\u003cb\u003eMary Renault\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Brilliantly captures one of the most colorful figures of all time.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoubleday Book Club News\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eTranslator's Note\u003cbr\u003eI. Figchen\u003cbr\u003eII. En Route\u003cbr\u003eIII. The Steps of the Throne\u003cbr\u003eIV. Betrothal\u003cbr\u003eV. Marriage\u003cbr\u003eVI. The Virgin Wife\u003cbr\u003eVII. Love and Motherhood\u003cbr\u003eVIII. First Political Skirmishes\u003cbr\u003eIX. The Big Scene\u003cbr\u003eX. Love, Gathering Darkness, Perfidy\u003cbr\u003eXI. The Reign of Peter III\u003cbr\u003eXII. The Coup d'Etat\u003cbr\u003eXIII. The Apprenticeship of Power\u003cbr\u003eXIV. Incense and Blood\u003cbr\u003eXV. \"Legislomania\"\u003cbr\u003eXVI. The French and the Turks\u003cbr\u003eXVII. The Marriage of the Grand Duke\u003cbr\u003eXVIII. Diderot and Pugachev\u003cbr\u003eXIX. Potemkin\u003cbr\u003eXX. Catherine the Great\u003cbr\u003eXXI. Lanskoy\u003cbr\u003eXXII. The Journey to the Crimea\u003cbr\u003eXXIII. Wars\u003cbr\u003eXXIV. Zubov Against Potemkin\u003cbr\u003eXXV. Poland and France\u003cbr\u003eXXVI. The End\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e“A remarkable woman . . . A riveting book.”—\u003cb\u003eMary Renault\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Brilliantly captures one of the most colorful figures of all time.”—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoubleday Book Club News\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenri Troyat \u003c\/b\u003ewas a Russian-born French author, biographer, historian and novelist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe daughter of a writer and translator, \u003cb\u003eJoan Pinkham\u003c\/b\u003e translated nearly a dozen books over her career, including Pierre Vallières’ \u003ci\u003eNègres blancs d’Amérique\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302917361893,"sku":"NP9780452011205","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452011205.jpg?v=1767723493","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/catherine-the-great-isbn-9780452011205","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}