Love & conquest

Alternate Titles

• Love and conquest

Description

"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." "Beginning with Potemkin's initial 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's 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Genres

• Correspondence.

Other Editions

• Love & conquest: personal correspondence of Catherine the Great and Prince Grigory PotemkinNorthern Illinois University Press2004-01-01
• Pisʹma Ekateriny II k Adamu Vasilʹevichu Olsufʹevu 1762-1783V Tip. Lazar. inst. vost. i͡a︡zykov1863-01-01
• Ekaterina II i G.A. PotemkinNauka1997-01-01
• Love & ConquestHardcoverNorthern Illinois University Press2004-05-01
• Love and conquestNorthern Illinois University Press2005-01-01