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Catherine the Great & Potemkin

The Imperial Love Affair

The Imperial Love Affair

By Simon Sebag Montefiore

By Simon Sebag Montefiore

By Simon Sebag Montefiore
Read by Sophie Robert

By Simon Sebag Montefiore
Read by Sophie Robert

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Apr 26, 2016 | 688 Pages

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Oct 15, 2019 | 1620 Minutes

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    About Catherine the Great & Potemkin

    From the author of The Romanovs: a vivid account of history’s most successful political partnership—as sensual and fiery as it was creative and visionary. Catherine the Great was a woman of notorious passion and imperial ambition. Prince Potemkin—wildly flamboyant and sublimely talented—was the love of her life and her co-ruler.

    Together they seized Ukraine and Crimea, territories that define the Russian sphere of influence to this day. Their affair was so tumultuous that they negotiated an arrangement to share power, leaving each of them free to take younger lovers. But these “twin souls” never stopped loving each other.

    Drawing on the pair’s intimate letters and on vast research, Simon Sebag Montefiore’s widely acclaimed biography restores these imperial partners to their rightful place as titans of their age.

    About Catherine the Great & Potemkin

    From the author of The Romanovs: a vivid account of history’s most successful political partnership—as sensual and fiery as it was creative and visionary. Catherine the Great was a woman of notorious passion and imperial ambition. Prince Potemkin—wildly flamboyant and sublimely talented—was the love of her life and her co-ruler.

    Together they seized Ukraine and Crimea, territories that define the Russian sphere of influence to this day. Their affair was so tumultuous that they negotiated an arrangement to share power, leaving each of them free to take younger lovers. But these “twin souls” never stopped loving each other.

    Drawing on the pair’s intimate letters and on vast research, Simon Sebag Montefiore’s widely acclaimed biography restores these imperial partners to their rightful place as titans of their age.

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    About Simon Sebag Montefiore

    SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE is a historian of Russia and the Middle East. Catherine the Great and Potemkin was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar won the History Book of the Year Prize at the British Book Awards. Young Stalin won… More about Simon Sebag Montefiore

    About Simon Sebag Montefiore

    SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE is a historian of Russia and the Middle East. Catherine the Great and Potemkin was short-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar won the History Book of the Year Prize at the British Book Awards. Young Stalin won… More about Simon Sebag Montefiore

    Product Details

    Category: Historical Figure Biographies & Memoirs | European World History

    Paperback | $21.00
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 26, 2016 | 688 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780525431961

    Category: Historical Figure Biographies & Memoirs | European World History | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $32.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Oct 15, 2019 | 1620 Minutes | ISBN 9780593213131

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    Praise

    “One of the great love stories of history…Excellent with dazzling mastery of detail and literary flair.” —The Economist

    “Montefiore conveys [Russian] history with vivid detail and narrative momentum…Captures the genius of two extraordinary Enlightenment figures–and of the age as well.” —The Wall Street Journal

    “Biography in the grand tradition…Riveting…The author [is] a gifted storyteller.” —The Washington Post 

    “Monumental…Meticulously researched…Dizzily panoramic.” —The New York Times Book Review

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