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Catherine The Great
por John T Alexander
- Usado
- Bom
- Capa dura
- Condição
- Bom/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0195052366
- ISBN 13
- 9780195052367
- Livreiro
-
Wamuran, Queensland, Australia
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
In good condition - has markings from use - has slight yellowing to page ends - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.
Excerpt
"The images of Catherine that have spanned three centuries testify to the strong emotions her life aroused at the time and long afterwards. On the one hand, the title and surtitle added to her Russian name - Empress Catherine the Great - conjure up notions of imperial splendor, military glory, political genius, territorial advance, and intellectual brilliance. Challenging such praise, on the other hand, are the attacks of an army of critics and moralists who brand her an adultress, usurper, murderess, tyrant, conqueror, oppressor, hypocrite, egotist, bad mother, nymphomaniac, and worse. One favourite label, applied by friend and foe, is "the Semiramis of the North" - after the mythical Queen of Babylonia who used charm and religion to usurp the throne and rule over her contentious subjects. Another comparison was with Messalina, the lustful third wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius, who was executed by her enemies in 48 A.D."
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- DASHbooks
(AU)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- DASHbooks1172
- Título
- Catherine The Great
- Autor
- John T Alexander
- Formato/Encadernação
- Softcover
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Bom
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Good
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0195052366
- ISBN 13
- 9780195052367
- Editorial
- Oxford University Press
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 1989
- Páginas
- 418
- Palavras-chave
- catherine the great, john t alexander, life and legend, russian empress,
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Historical; Social History; True Story;
Termos da venda
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