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DescriptionMany legends have grown up about the sexual rapacity of Catherine the Great. While it is true that she shocked the Russian court with the number and age of her lovers, there is no truth in the rumour of her death by stallion. This book reveals the story of an extraordinary woman, in all her complexity. Promotion infoPower politics and sexual politics combine in the life of an extraordinary woman who ruled Russia from 1762 until her death in 1796. 20040927 Reviews" 'What these women were about was not sex, but ostentation... This is a story which Rounding tells very well' Observer. 'This is a rich, timely, engrossing book that puts its forerunners to shame' Guardian. 'Virginia Rounding has written a highly readable and utterly fascinating book' Sunday Tribune" Author descriptionVirginia Rounding is the author of Les Grandes Horizontales (2003), is fluent in French and Russian (vital for the source material of her new book). She lives in London (EC1). |