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作       者:Dixon, Simon

出  版  社:HarperCollins e-books

出版时间:2009-04-01

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In 1745 a little-known German princess named Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst married the nephew of Empress Elizabeth of Russia. Seventeen years later she overthrew her husband to become Catherine the Great, one of the most celebrated monarchs in history, turning eighteenth-century Russia into arguably the largest and most powerful state since the fall of the Roman Empire.Admired for her achievements and satirized for her personal life, she wrote the most revealing memoirs by any European ruler. She promoted radical political ideas and emphasized moderation in government. Ruthless when necessary, she charmed everyone she met, joking at private dinner parties in the Hermitage, which she had built for her own use. Determined to endear herself to the Russians, she made religious devotions in which she never believed. Intimate and revealing, Simon Dixon's new biography examines the lifelong friendships that sustained the empress throughout her personal life, and places her within the context of the royal court: its politics, its flourishing literature, and the very culture that became central to her exercise of absolute power.
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Dedication

Contents

Genealogies and Maps

A Note on dates, spelling, transliteration and names

Introduction

Prologue: The coronation of a usurper 1762

Chapter 1: From Pomerania to St Petersburg 1729–1744

Chapter 2: Betrothal and marriage 1744–1745

Chapter 3: Living and loving at the Court of Empress Elizabeth 1746–1753

Chapter 4: Ambition 1754–1759

Chapter 5: Assassination 1759–1762

Chapter 6: ‘Our Lady of St Petersburg’ 1763–1766

Chapter 7: Philosopher on the throne 1767–1768

Chapter 8: Imperial ambitions 1768–1772

Chapter 9: Paul, Pugachëv and Potëmkin 1772–1775

Chapter 10: The Search for Emotional Stability 1776–1784

Chapter 11: Zenith 1785–1790

Chapter 12: End of an Era 1790–1796

Photo Insert

Epilogue: The Afterlife of an Empress

Abbreviations

Notes

Further reading

Acknowledgements

Searchable Terms

About the Author

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher

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