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- catalog abstract ""Of all of history's great romances, few can compare with that of Catherine the Great and Prince Grigory Potemkin. Their turbulent and complicated relationship shocked their contemporaries and continues to intrigue observers of Russia centuries later. Lovers, companions, and, most likely, husband and wife, Catherine and Potemkin were also close political partners, and for a time Potemkin served as Catherine's de facto co-ruler of the Russian Empire. Their letters offer an intimate glimpse into the lovers' unguarded moments, revealing both ecstatic expressions of love and candid insights on eighteenth-century politics." "Beginning with Potemkin's initial letter to Catherine written while off fighting the Turks in 1769 and concluding with his farewell note scribbled the day before his death in 1791, the correspondence spans most of Catherine's reign. The letters are at once personal and political, private and public. Many of Catherine's love letters to Potemkin written during their stormy affair reveal the empress's passionate personality. Potemkin's letters provide rare insight into his arrogant and mercurial character, while serving to dispel the myth of Potemkin as little more than a corrupt sycophant."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Correspondence. Selections. English".
- catalog alternative "Love and conquest".
- catalog contributor b13243432.
- catalog contributor b13243433.
- catalog contributor b13243434.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Beginning with Potemkin's initial letter to Catherine written while off fighting the Turks in 1769 and concluding with his farewell note scribbled the day before his death in 1791, the correspondence spans most of Catherine's reign. The letters are at once personal and political, private and public. Many of Catherine's love letters to Potemkin written during their stormy affair reveal the empress's passionate personality. Potemkin's letters provide rare insight into his arrogant and mercurial character, while serving to dispel the myth of Potemkin as little more than a corrupt sycophant."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Of all of history's great romances, few can compare with that of Catherine the Great and Prince Grigory Potemkin. Their turbulent and complicated relationship shocked their contemporaries and continues to intrigue observers of Russia centuries later. Lovers, companions, and, most likely, husband and wife, Catherine and Potemkin were also close political partners, and for a time Potemkin served as Catherine's de facto co-ruler of the Russian Empire. Their letters offer an intimate glimpse into the lovers' unguarded moments, revealing both ecstatic expressions of love and candid insights on eighteenth-century politics."".
- catalog description "Ardent zeal, sincere confessions, 1769-1774 -- Lovers, 1774-1775 -- Breaking up, 1776 -- Partners, 1777-1781 -- Annexing the Crimea, 1782-1783 -- Southern visions, 1784-1787 -- War, 1787 -- The siege of Ochakov, 1788 -- A gallant campaign, the Count's betrayal and Blackie, 1789 -- One paw out of the mud, 1790 -- Death on the Steppe, 1791.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-410) and index.".
- catalog extent "liv, 421 p., [10] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0875803245 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0875806074 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng rus".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Russia".
- catalog subject "947/.063/092 B 22".
- catalog subject "Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796 Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "DK170 .A2 2004".
- catalog subject "Empresses Russia Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "Potemkin, Grigoriĭ Aleksandrovich, kni͡azʹ, 1739-1791 Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "Statesmen Russia Correspondence.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ardent zeal, sincere confessions, 1769-1774 -- Lovers, 1774-1775 -- Breaking up, 1776 -- Partners, 1777-1781 -- Annexing the Crimea, 1782-1783 -- Southern visions, 1784-1787 -- War, 1787 -- The siege of Ochakov, 1788 -- A gallant campaign, the Count's betrayal and Blackie, 1789 -- One paw out of the mud, 1790 -- Death on the Steppe, 1791.".
- catalog title "Correspondence. Selections. English".
- catalog title "Love & conquest : personal correspondence of Catherine the Great and Prince Grigory Potemkin / edited and translated by Douglas Smith.".
- catalog title "Love and conquest".
- catalog type "Records and correspondence. fast".
- catalog type "text".