Catherine the Great & Potemkin by Montefiore, Simon Sebag -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover About the Author Also by Simon Sebag Montefiore Title Page Dedication Copyright Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes Preface Prologue: Death on the Steppes Part One: Potemkin and Catherine 1739–1762

1: The Provincial Boy 2: The Guardsman and the Grand Duchess: Catherine’s Coup 3: First Meeting: The Empress’s Reckless Suitor

Part Two: Closer 1762–1774

4: Cyclops 5: The War Hero 6: The Happiest Man Alive

Part Three: Together 1774–1776

7: Love 8: Power 9: Marriage: Madame Potemkin 10: Heartbreak and Understanding

Part Four: The Passionate Partnership 1776–1777

11: Her Favourites 12: His Nieces 13: Duchesses, Diplomats and Charlatans

Part Five: The Colossus 1777–1783

14: Byzantium 15: The Holy Roman Emperor 16: Three Marriages and a Crown 17: Potemkin’s Paradise: The Crimea

Part Six: The Co-Tsar 1784–1786

18: Emperor of the South 19: British Blackamoors and Chechen Warriors 20: Anglomania: The Benthams in Russia and the Emperor of Gardens 21: The White Negro 22: A Day in the Life of Grigory Alexandrovich

Part Seven: The Apogee 1787–1790

23: The Magical Theatre 24: Cleopatra 25: The Amazons 26: Jewish Cossacks and American Admirals: Potemkin’s War 27: Cry Havoc: The Storming of Ochakov 28: My Successes Are Yours 29: The Delicious and the Cruel: Sardanapalus 30: Sea of Slaughter: Ismail

Part Eight: The Last Dance 1791

31: The Beautiful Greek 32: Carnival and Crisis 33: The Last Ride

Epilogue: Life After Death Illustrations List of Characters Maps Family Trees Notes Select Bibliography