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Catherine the Great: A Life in Her Own Words

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Catherine the Great: A Life in Her Own Words
14.99 €
"Happiness is not as blind as it is imagined. And especially the happiness of individuals is a consequence of their qualities, character and personal behavior..." - with these words Catherine the Great summarized her long life and long reign (34 years - the longest of all leaders in domestic history). The princess from a remote German principality seized the crown of the Russian Empire, overthrowing her husband, but managed to turn the country into a superpower, in which, according to the words of "Catherine's Eagles", "not a single gun in Europe without our permission dared not shoot". For three decades, until her death, Catherine constantly returned to the notes about her life, clarifying and supplementing them. The manuscript of the hidden memoirs of the Empress was kept under the "top secret", imposed by her son Paul, and Nicholas I ordered the destruction of all copies of the "shameful document", strictly forbidding to read it even the royal dynasty.
Forbidden memoirs of Catherine II strikingly frank even for today's time, it - a true confession, self-analysis and self-portrait of a strong woman, much more realistic than the famous ceremonial portraits, as well as a broad panorama of the life of the brilliant court, the manners of the upper nobility, "concerns" and entertainment courtiers. This edition includes not only the memoirs of Catherine II, but also personal letters of the great empress to her favorites - Count Jozef Poniatowski and Prince Grigory Potemkin-Tavrichesky.
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