CONTENTS

	Introduction
PART ONE	EXTREME MAKEOVER
ONE	This Heavy Thing
TWO	The Brightest Star of the North
THREE	The Ambrosia of Asia
FOUR	Collecting Debut
FIVE	Building Frenzy
SIX	My Falcon, My Golden Pheasant
PART TWO	RUSSIA IS A EUROPEAN NATION
ONE	A Monument to Peter and to You
TWO	Make Peace with Your Enemy
THREE	My Prodigal Son
FOUR	The Saxon Richelieu
FIVE	The Earth and Sea Trembled
PART THREE	WAR AND LOVE
ONE	Queen of Feasts
TWO	Dressed to “Empress”
THREE	Peace Offerings
FOUR	Crozat the Poor
FIVE	The Coachman of Europe
SIX	Tiger in the Forest
PART FOUR	PEACE AND PROSPERITY
ONE	Sleepless Nights
TWO	Anglomania
THREE	A Crowd and Not a City
FOUR	Breaking the Mold
FIVE	Brother Gu
SIX	Cateau and the Hermit of Ferney
PART FIVE	A SECOND ROME
ONE	Cat and Mouse
TWO	Raphaelism
THREE	Sashenka
FOUR	Palladio’s Shadow
FIVE	The Greek Project
PART SIX	EMPIRE BUILDING
ONE	Mother of the Fatherland
TWO	A Rose without Thorns
THREE	The Master of Neuwied
FOUR	An Accidental Michelangelo
FIVE	Slings and Arrows
SIX	Baby Hercules
PART SEVEN	WAR AND REVOLUTION
ONE	Center Stage
TWO	Cameo Fever
THREE	Russia’s Paradise
FOUR	Betrayals
FIVE	French Madness
SIX	Curtain Call
PART EIGHT	REACTION
ONE	Tears and Despair
TWO	A Ticking Clock
THREE	Warsaw’s Ours
FOUR	Catherine’s Library
FIVE	Queen of the World
SIX	Joined in Death
PART NINE	LEGACY
ONE	A Son’s Revenge
TWO	Art-Loving Grandsons
THREE	The End of the Line
FOUR	Raiding the Hermitage
FIVE	Preservation
	Illustrations
	Bibliography
	Endnotes
	Acknowledgments
	Index