Catherine the
章节目录
共 22 段- Another aunt, an elder sister of her father’s, is also portr
- Fike was conscious of solid obstacles in her world. If she h
- Elisabeth was born under the most auspicious circumstances.
- Just before Christmas 1743, Peter fell desperately ill. His
- Prince Christian August had given his daughter a book as a p
- The Empress and her guests had just arrived from Moscow. The
- Peter, who had all the pride which goes with a weak personal
- Sergei Saltikov was a typical ne’er-do-well. Catherine tried
- “And this is how it is. By dint of questioning me with all t
- There were three people who had awaited her death with varyi
- Her festival dress was laid out ready for the day; but she d
- She recalled Bestushev and presented him with a great house
- The exact part played by Frederick the Great in the partitio
- Although Catherine did not hesitate to follow self-interest
- The story goes that her son Paul detested snuff and could no
- Like Razumovsky who had been the favorite and the reputed hu
- During the Second Turkish War, Catherine wrote to her lover
- When the Empress’s efforts to import higher education for he
- If Constantinople held out against Potiomkin, the conquest w
- Up to the death of Potiomkin, the Empress had been associate
- Catherine had married her two grandsons young, much too youn
- Ulrica, Princess of Prussia, later Queen of Sweden, 60, 97,