1989, ISBN: 9ecd4035bafcd81b8abb6cfdb95c9a30

In good condition - has markings from use - has slight yellowing to page ends - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Excerpt"The images of Catherine that … Mehr…

In good condition - has markings from use - has slight yellowing to page ends - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Excerpt"The images of Catherine that have spanned three centuries testify to the strong emotions her life aroused at the time and long afterwards. On the one hand, the title and surtitle added to her Russian name - Empress Catherine the Great - conjure up notions of imperial splendor, military glory, political genius, territorial advance, and intellectual brilliance. Challenging such praise, on the other hand, are the attacks of an army of critics and moralists who brand her an adultress, usurper, murderess, tyrant, conqueror, oppressor, hypocrite, egotist, bad mother, nymphomaniac, and worse. One favourite label, applied by friend and foe, is "the Semiramis of the North" - after the mythical Queen of Babylonia who used charm and religion to usurp the throne and rule over her contentious subjects. Another comparison was with Messalina, the lustful third wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius, who was executed by her enemies in 48 A.D.", Oxford University Press, 1989, 2.5<

1989, ISBN: 9ecd4035bafcd81b8abb6cfdb95c9a30

In good condition - has markings from use - has slight yellowing to page ends - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Excerpt"The images of Catherine that … Mehr…

In good condition - has markings from use - has slight yellowing to page ends - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.Excerpt"The images of Catherine that have spanned three centuries testify to the strong emotions her life aroused at the time and long afterwards. On the one hand, the title and surtitle added to her Russian name - Empress Catherine the Great - conjure up notions of imperial splendor, military glory, political genius, territorial advance, and intellectual brilliance. Challenging such praise, on the other hand, are the attacks of an army of critics and moralists who brand her an adultress, usurper, murderess, tyrant, conqueror, oppressor, hypocrite, egotist, bad mother, nymphomaniac, and worse. One favourite label, applied by friend and foe, is "the Semiramis of the North" - after the mythical Queen of Babylonia who used charm and religion to usurp the throne and rule over her contentious subjects. Another comparison was with Messalina, the lustful third wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius, who was executed by her enemies in 48 A.D.", Oxford University Press, 1989, 2.5<

1999, ISBN: 9ecd4035bafcd81b8abb6cfdb95c9a30

[ED: Softcover], [PU: London, Folio Society], nur minimale Gebrauchsspuren, DE, [SC: 2.35], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, privates Angebot, [GW: 950g], 2nd printing 2000, Banküberweisung, Inte… Mehr…

[ED: Softcover], [PU: London, Folio Society], nur minimale Gebrauchsspuren, DE, [SC: 2.35], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, privates Angebot, [GW: 950g], 2nd printing 2000, Banküberweisung, Internationaler Versand<