Summary
Presents a reconstruction of the eighteenth-century empress's life that covers her efforts to engage Russia in the cultural life of Europe, her creation of the Hermitage, and her numerous scandal-free romantic affairs. Full description
- A German princess
- A painful marriage
- Seduction, Motherhood, and confrontation
- "The time has come!"
- Empress of Russia
- Potemkin and favoritism
- "My name is Catherine the Second".