Catherine the Great & Potemkin : the imperial love affair
Sebag Montefiore, Simon, 1965-2016
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This is a sweeping epic of sex, love, power, conquest and extravagance on a magnificent Russian scale. Not only was Catherine the Great and Potemkin's romance wildly passionate, but they were also probably the most successful political partnership of all, outstripping Antony and Cleopatra or Napoleon and Josephine. Their secret letters, which discuss other lovers, sex, wars, politics, arts, and health, are surely the most intimate and extraordinary ever written by an empress or politician.
Main title:
Catherine the Great & Potemkin : the imperial love affair / Simon Sebag Montefiore.
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Edition:
[New edition].
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [2016]London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [2016]©2016
Collation:
xix, 612 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: published as Prince of princes. 2000.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781780228341 (pbk)
Dewey class:
947.0630922947.063092 SEB
Language:
English
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BRN:
1722666