Empress of All Russia (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Iris Noble
- First Published: 1966
- Time of Work: 1729–1796
- Setting: St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia
- Principal Characters: Catherine The Great, Elizabeth, Peter III, Count Gregory Potemkin, Gregory Orlov, Alexei Orlov, Count Stanislas Poniatovski, Count Nikita Panin, Princess Johanna of Anhalt-Zerbst
- Genres: Nonfiction, Children’s literature, Biography
- Subjects: Power, personal or social, Eighteenth century, Kings, queens, or royalty, Rulers, Cruelty, Biography, Russia or Russian people, Princes or princesses, Royal courts or courtiers
- Locales: Moscow, Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia
Form and Content
Iris Noble’s Empress of All Russia: Catherine the Great is a biography that employs the traditional style of many works written for younger audiences. Although it is based on solid historical research, its characters are brought to life through the use of fictional dialogue and imaginative insights into their thoughts and feelings. Like other such works, it concentrates on the youth of its heroine. The book is divided into ten chapters, the first six of which are devoted to Catherine’s life before she became empress. One chapter then discusses the...
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