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Terrible tsarinas : five Russian women in power / Henri Troyat ; translated by Andrea Lyn Secara.
Van Pelt Library DK127 .T76613 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Troyat, Henri, 1911-2007.
- Standardized Title:
- Terribles tsarines. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Russia--History--1689-1801.
- Russia.
- History.
- Russia--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Kings and rulers.
- Empresses--Russia--Biography.
- Empresses.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 245 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Five Russian women in power
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Pub., 2001.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the French.
- Contents:
- Catherine shows the way
- Catherine's reign: a flash of flamboyance
- Machinations around the throne
- The surprise succession of Anna Ivanovana
- The extravagant Anna
- One Anna after another
- Elizabeth's triumph
- An autocrat at work and play
- Elizabethan Russia
- Her majesty and their highnesses
- Another Catherine!.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1892941546
- OCLC:
- 47013125
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