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Collection:
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7-day Books |
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Call Number:
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F Alpsten |
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Author:
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Alpsten, Ellen, |
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Title:
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Tsarina / |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"Before there was Catherine the Great, there was Catherine Alexeyevna: the first woman to rule Russia in her own right. Ellen Alpsten's rich, sweeping first-person narrative is the story of her rise to power. St. Petersburg, 1725. Peter the Great lies dying in his magnificent Winter Palace. The weakness and treachery of his only son has driven his father to an appalling act of cruelty and left the empire without an heir. Russia risks falling into chaos. Into the void steps the woman who has been by his side for decades: his second wife, Catherine Alexeyevna, as ambitious, ruthless and passionate as Peter himself. Born into devastating poverty, Catherine used her extraordinary beauty and shrewd intelligence to ingratiate herself with Peter's powerful generals, finally seducing the Tsar himself. But even amongst the splendor and opulence of her new life-the lavish feasts, glittering jewels, and candle-lit hours in Peter's bedchamber-she knows the peril of her position. Peter's attentions are fickle and his rages powerful; his first wife is condemned to a prison cell, her lover impaled alive on a stake in Red Square. And now Catherine faces the ultimate test: can she keep the Tsar's death a secret as she plays a lethal game to destroy her enemies and take the Crown for herself? From the sensuous pleasures of a decadent aristocracy, to the incense-filled rites of the Orthodox Church and the terror of Peter's torture chambers, the intoxicating and dangerous world of Imperial Russia is brought to vivid life. Tsarina is the story of one remarkable woman whose bid for power would transform the Russian Empire"-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9781250214430 |
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(hardcover) |
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(ebook) |
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Canceled/invalid ISBN:
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9781250214454 |
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rda |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Geographic area code:
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e-ur--- |
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Classification number:
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PR9110.9.A47 |
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Item number:
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T73 2020 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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823/.92 |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1971- |
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Relator term:
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author. |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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Ellen Alpsten. |
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Edition statement:
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First U.S. edition. |
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Place of publication:
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New York, NY |
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Name of publisher:
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St. Martin's Press |
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Date of publication:
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2020 |
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Projected publication date:
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2010 |
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New York : |
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St. Martin's Press, |
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2020. |
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Extent:
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467 p.; 24 cm. |
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text |
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txt |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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nc |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Source of acquisition:
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B & T 12/11/2020 |
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Purchase price:
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$ 27.99 |
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Personal name:
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Catherine |
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Personal name:
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Peter |
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Numeration:
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I, |
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Numeration:
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I, |
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Titles and other words associated with a name:
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Empress of Russia, |
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Titles and other words associated with a name:
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Emperor of Russia, |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1684-1727 |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1672-1725 |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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Subject:
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Catherine I, Empress of Russia, 1684-1727-Fiction. |
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Subject:
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Russia-History-Catherine I, 1725-1727-Fiction. |
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Subject:
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Peter I-Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725-Fiction. |
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Subject:
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Biographical fiction |
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Subject:
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Historical fiction. |
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Geographic name:
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Russia |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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General subdivision:
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History |
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Chronological subdivision:
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Catherine I, 1725-1727 |
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Source of term:
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gsafd |
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Source of term:
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gsafd |
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Genre/form data or focus term:
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Biographical fiction. |
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Genre/form data or focus term:
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Historical fiction. |
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acquire |
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1 shelf copy |
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policy default |
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xk33 2020-04-27 |
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xk33 2020-04-27 (TW Situational) to Dewey |
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xm07 2020-04-27 |
Bibliography Copy Information:
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51636 |
F Alpsten |
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