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Prince of princes
the life of Potemkin
By Montefiore, Sebag
- ISBN
- 978-0-31227-815-1
- Publisher
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2001.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2001
Modern Russian historians from Martin Malia to Gregory Freeze barely mention the subject of this massive biography, which illuminates the history of the European revolutionary era. In Volume 10 of The Story of Civilization: Rousseau and Revolution, the Durants pull into focus the wonderfully woven story of Prince Potemkin, Catherine the Great's secret husband and confidant. The palace intrigue is now magnified by this well-doc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
