Before There Was Catherine The Great, There Was Catherine Alexeyevna: The First Woman To Rule Russia In Her Own Right. This Rich, Sweeping First-person Narrative Is The Story Of Her Rise To Power. St. Petersburg, 1725. Peter The Great Lies Dying In His Magnificent Winter Palace. The Weakness And Treachery Of His Only Son Has Driven His Father To An Appalling Act Of Cruelty And Left The Empire Without An Heir. Russia Risks Falling Into Chaos. Into The Void Steps The Woman Who Has Been By His Side For Decades: His Second Wife, Catherine Alexeyevna, As Ambitious, Ruthless And Passionate As Peter Himself. Born Into Devastating Poverty, Catherine Used Her Extraordinary Beauty And Shrewd Intelligence To Ingratiate Herself With Peterâs Powerful Generals, Finally Seducing The Tsar Himself. But Even Amongst The Splendor And Opulence Of Her New Lifeâthe Lavish Feasts, Glittering Jewels, And Candle-lit Hours In Peterâs Bedchamberâshe Knows The Peril Of Her Position. Peterâs Attentions Are Fickle And His Rages Powerful; His First Wife Is Condemned To A Prison Cell, Her Lover Impaled Alive On A Stake In Red Square. And Now Catherine Faces The Ultimate Test: Can She Keep The Tsarâs Death A Secret As She Plays A Lethal Game To Destroy Her Enemies And Take The Crown For Herself? From The Sensuous Pleasures Of A Decadent Aristocracy, To The Incense-filled Rites Of The Orthodox Church And The Terror Of Peterâs Torture Chambers, The Intoxicating And Dangerous World Of Imperial Russia Is Brought To Vivid Life. Tsarina Is The Story Of One Remarkable Woman Whose Bid For Power Would Transform The Russian Empire.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Historical Fiction
- Biographical
- Historical Fiction
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Author : Alpsten, Ellen
Language : English
Edition : Standard Edition
Published :2020-11-10
Number Of Pages : 480
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 1250214432
ISBN-13 : 9781250214430
Item weight : 1.52 lb
Dimensions : 1.61 in x 6.5 in x 9.57 in
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