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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary
study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope,
Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann
Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others.
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++++British LibraryT080459Her Imperial Majesty = Catherine II,
Empress of Russia. With a half-title.London: printed for Robinson
and Sons; G. Edwards; T. Kay; and T. Chapman, 1793. 29, 1]p.; 8
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pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.
Of all of history's great romances, few can compare with that of
Catherine the Great and Prince Grigory Potemkin. Their turbulent
and complicated relationship shocked their contemporaries and
continues to intrigue observers of Russia centuries later. Lovers,
companions, and, most likely, husband and wife, Catherine and
Potemkin were also close political partners, and for a time
Potemkin served as Catherine's de facto co-ruler of the Russian
Empire. Their letters offer an intimate glimpse into the lovers'
unguarded moments, revealing both ecstatic expressions of love and
candid insights on eighteenth-century politics. In February 1774,
the Russian empress took Grigory Potemkin for her lover and, it is
now believed, secretly married him a few months later. Particularly
in the first two years of their relationship, Catherine was
consumed by her passion for Potemkin. The hundreds of letters and
notes she dashed off to him between assignations in the Winter
Palace during this time attest to the giddy exuberance of the new
love that so fully embraced her. Love and Conquest contains the
most historically significant and personally revealing of these
letters, only a few of which have ever before been translated into
English. Beginning with Potemkin's letter to Catherine written
while off fighting the Turks in 1769 and concluding with his
farewell note scribbled the day before his death in 1791, the
correspondence spans most of Catherine's reign. The letters are at
once personal and political, private and public. Many of
Catherine's love letters to Potemkin written during their stormy
affair reveal the empress' passionate personality. Potemkin's
letters provide rare insight into his arrogant and mercurial
character, while serving to dispel the myth of Potemkin as little
more than a corrupt sycophant. Love and Conquest reveals the
complexity of Catherine and Potemkin's personal relationship in
light of dramatic changes in matters of state, foreign relations,
and military engagements. After their love cooled, Catherine and
Potemkin continued to discuss and debate a wide range of state
affairs in their letters, including the annexation of the Crimea,
court politics, wars against the Ottoman Empire and Sweden, and the
colonization of southern Russia. Together they carried out the most
dramatic territorial expansion in the history of imperial Russia,
transforming Catherine into a powerful world leader and creating a
bond of affection that would never fully fade. Readers will find in
the letters new insights on Russia's most famous empress, her
passions, and her world.
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