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Cover Welcome Page 1. Catherine the Great

Cover Welcome Page Dedication Epigraph Maps Part I: A German Princess

Chapter 1: Sophia's Childhood Chapter 2: Summoned to Russia Chapter 3: Frederick II and the Journey to Russia Chapter 4: Empress Elizabeth Chapter 5: The Making of a Grand Duke Chapter 6: Meeting Elizabeth and Peter Chapter 7: Pneumonia Chapter 8: Intercepted Letters Chapter 9: Conversion and Betrothal Chapter 10: A Pilgrimage to Kiev and Transvestite Balls Chapter 11: Smallpox Chapter 12: Marriage Chapter 13: Johanna Goes Home

Part II: A Painful Marriage

Chapter 14: The Zhukova Affair Chapter 15: Peepholes Chapter 16: A Watchdog Chapter 17: "He Was Not a King" Chapter 18: In the Bedroom Chapter 19: A House Collapses Chapter 20: Summer Pleasures Chapter 21: Dismissals at Court Chapter 22: Moscow and the Country Chapter 23: Choglokov Makes an Enemy and Peter Survives a Plot Chapter 24: A Bath Before Easter and a Coachman's Whip Chapter 25: Oysters and an Actor Chapter 26: Reading, Dancing, and a Betrayal

Part III: Seduction, Motherhood, and Confrontation

Chapter 27: Saltykov Chapter 28: The Birth of the Heir Chapter 29: Retaliation Chapter 30: The English Ambassador Chapter 31: A Diplomatic Earthquake Chapter 32: Poniatowski Chapter 33: A Dead Rat, an Absent Lover, and a Risky Proposal Chapter 34: Catherine Challenges Brockdorff; She Gives a Party Chapter 35: Apraksin's Retreat Chapter 36: Catherine's Daughter Chapter 37: The Fall of Bestuzhev Chapter 38: A Gamble Chapter 39: Confrontation Chapter 40: A Ménage à Quatre

Part IV: "The Time Has Come!"

Chapter 41: Panin, Orlov, and Elizabeth's Death Chapter 42: The Brief Reign of Peter III Chapter 43: "Dura!" Chapter 44: "We Ourselves Know Not What We Did"

Part V: Empress of Russia

Chapter 45: Coronation Chapter 46: The Government and the Church Chapter 47: Serfdom Chapter 48: "Madame Orlov Could Never Be Empress of Russia" Chapter 49: The Death of Ivan VI Chapter 50: Catherine and the Enlightenment Chapter 51: The Nakaz Chapter 52: "All Free Estates of the Realm" Chapter 53: "The King We Have Made" Chapter 54: The First Partition of Poland and the First Turkish War Chapter 55: Doctors, Smallpox, and Plague Chapter 56: The Return of "Peter the Third" Chapter 57: The Last Days of the "Marquis de Pugachev"

Part VI: Potemkin and Favoritism

Chapter 58: Vasilchikov Chapter 59: Catherine and Potemkin: Passion Chapter 60: Potemkin Ascending Chapter 61: Catherine and Potemkin: Separation Chapter 62: New Relationships Chapter 63: Favorites

Part VII: "My Name Is Catherine the Second"

Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography Notes Index

A, B, C D, E, F G, H, I J, K, L M, N, O P, Q, R S, T, U V, W, X Y, Z

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2. Nicolas and Alexandra

Cover Welcome Page Dedication Epigraph Map Introduction Cast of characters Part 1

Chapter 1: 1894: Imperial Russia Chapter 2: The Tsarevich Nicholas Chapter 3: Princess Alix Chapter 4: Marriage Chapter 5: The Coronation Chapter 6: The New Tsar Chapter 7: Two Revolutionaries Chapter 8: The Kaiser’s Advice Chapter 9: 1905

Part 2

Chapter 10: The Tsar’s Village Chapter 11: “OTMA” and Alexis Chapter 12: A Mother’s Agony Chapter 13: The Royal Progress Chapter 14: “The Little One Will Not Die” Chapter 15: Rasputin Chapter 16: The Holy Devil Chapter 17: “We Want a Great Russia” Chapter 18: The Romanov Dynasty Chapter 19: The Long Summer of 1914

Part 3

Chapter 20: For the Defense of Holy Russia Chapter 21: Stavka Chapter 22: “Poor Fellows, They Are Ready to Give Their Lives for a Smile” Chapter 23: The Fateful Deception Chapter 24: The Government Disintegrates Chapter 25: The Prince and the Peasant Chapter 26: Last Winter at Tsarskoe Selo Chapter 27: Revolution: March 1917 Chapter 28: Abdication Chapter 29: The Empress Alone

Part 4

Chapter 30: Citizen Romanov Chapter 31: “His Majesty’s Government Does Not Insist” Chapter 32: Siberia Chapter 33: Good Russian Men Chapter 34: Ekaterinburg

Epilogue Genealogy of Nicholas and Alexandra Family Trees Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

A, B, C D, E, F G, H, I J, K, L M, N, O P, Q, R S, T, U V, W, X Y, Z

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3. Peter the Great

Cover Welcome Page Dedication Maps Part 1: OLD MUSCOVY

Chapter 1: OLD MUSCOVY Chapter 2: PETER'S CHILDHOOD Chapter 3: "A MAIDEN OF GREAT INTELLIGENCE" Chapter 4: THE REVOLT OF THE STRELTSY Chapter 5: THE GREAT SCHISM Chapter 6: PETER'S GAMES Chapter 7: THE REGENCY OF SOPHIA Chapter 8: SOPHIA OVERTHROWN Chapter 9: GORDON, LEFORT AND THE JOLLY COMPANY Chapter 10: ARCHANGEL Chapter 11: AZOV

Part 2: THE GREAT EMBASSY

Chapter 12: THE GREAT EMBASSY TO WESTERN EUROPE Chapter 13: "IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE HIM" Chapter 14: PETER IN HOLLAND Chapter 15: THE PRINCE OF ORANGE Chapter 16: PETER IN ENGLAND Chapter 17: LEOPOLD AND AUGUSTUS Chapter 18: "THESE THINGS ARE IN YOUR WAY" Chapter 19: FIRE AND KNOUT Chapter 20: AMONG FRIENDS Chapter 21: VORONEZH AND THE SOUTHERN FLEET

Part 3: THE GREAT NORTHERN WAR

Chapter 22: MISTRESS OF THE NORTH Chapter 23: LET THE CANNON DECIDE Chapter 24: CHARLES XII Chapter 25: NARVA Chapter 26: "WE MUST NOT LOSE OUR HEADS" Chapter 27: THE FOUNDING OF ST. PETERSBURG Chapter 28: MENSHIKOV AND CATHERINE Chapter 29: THE HAND OF THE AUTOCRAT Chapter 30: POLISH QUAGMIRE Chapter 31: CHARLES IN SAXONY Chapter 32: THE GREAT ROAD TO MOSCOW Chapter 33: GOLOVCHIN AND LESNAYA Chapter 34: MAZEPPA Chapter 35: THE WORST WINTER WITHIN MEMORY Chapter 36: THE GATHERING OF FORCES Chapter 37: POLTAVA Chapter 38: SURRENDER BY THE RIVER Chapter 39: THE FRUITS OF POLTAVA

Part 4: ON THE EUROPEAN STAGE

Chapter 40: THE SULTAN'S WORLD Chapter 41: LIBERATOR OF THE BALKAN CHRISTIANS Chapter 42: FIFTY BLOWS ON THE PRUTH Chapter 43: THE GERMAN CAMPAIGN AND FREDERICK WILLIAM Chapter 44: THE COAST OF FINLAND Chapter 45: THE KALABALIK Chapter 46: VENICE OF THE NORTH Chapter 47: AN AMBASSADOR REPORTS Chapter 48: THE SECOND JOURNEY WEST Chapter 49: "THE KING IS A MIGHTY MAN..." Chapter 50: A VISITOR IN PARIS Chapter 51: THE EDUCATION OF AN HEIR Chapter 52: A PATERNAL ULTIMATUM Chapter 53: FLIGHT OF THE TSAREVICH Chapter 54: THE FUTURE ON TRIAL Chapter 55: CHARLES' LAST OFFENSIVE Chapter 56: KING GEORGE ENTERS THE BALTIC Chapter 57: VICTORY

Part 5: THE NEW RUSSIA

Chapter 58: IN THE SERVICE OF THE STATE Chapter 59: COMMERCE BY DECREE Chapter 60: SUPREME UNDER GOD Chapter 61: THE EMPEROR IN ST. PETERSBURG Chapter 62: ALONG THE CASPIAN Chapter 63: TWILIGHT

EPILOGUE GENEALOGY OF THE ROMANOV DYNASTY 1613–1917 Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography Notes Index

A, B, C D, E, F G, H, I J, K, L M, N, O P, Q, R S, T, U V, W, X Y, Z

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