Catherine the Great : love, sex and power /

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by Rounding, Virginia.
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Published by : St. Martin's Press, (New York :) Physical details: xxv, 566 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., col. ports. ; 25 cm. Subject(s): Catherine --II, --Empress of Russia, --1729-1796. | Empresses --Russia --Biography. | Russia --Kings and rulers --Biography. | Russia --History --Catherine II, 1762-1796. Year : 2007 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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Originally published: London : Hutchinson, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 512-552) and index.

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.