The Resource The Winter Palace : a novel of Catherine the Great, Eva Stachniak
The Winter Palace : a novel of Catherine the Great, Eva Stachniak
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- Summary
- An imaginative retelling of Catherine the Great's improbable rise to power--as seen through the ever-watchful eyes of an all-but-invisible servant close to the throne
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The Winter Palace : a novel of Catherine the Great
- Title
- The Winter Palace
- Title remainder
- a novel of Catherine the Great
- Statement of responsibility
- Eva Stachniak
- Subject
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- Catherine, II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796 -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Russia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796 -- Fiction
- trueBiographical fiction
- trueHousekeepers
- trueLoyalty
- trueCourts and courtiers
- trueBetrayal
- trueArranged marriage
- true18th century -- 1701 -- 1800
- trueHousehold employees
- trueBiographical fiction
- Courts and courtiers -- Fiction
- trueHeirs and heiresses
- trueDeception
- trueExtramarital affairs
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueCatherine, II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796
- trueWomen rulers
- Intrigue -- Fiction
- trueGermans in Russia
- Empresses -- Russia -- Fiction
- trueRomanov Dynasty (1613-1917) -- 1613 -- 1917
- trueRussia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueWomen spies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- An imaginative retelling of Catherine the Great's improbable rise to power--as seen through the ever-watchful eyes of an all-but-invisible servant close to the throne
- Summary
- A reimagining of the early years of Catherine the Great traces the story of two young women: Barbara, a servant who will become one of Russia's most cunning royal spies, and Sophia, a pretty, naive German duchess who will become Catherine the Great.
- Award
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2011.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10017302
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stachniak, Eva
- Dewey number
- 813.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Catherine
- Russia
- Empresses
- Courts and courtiers
- Intrigue
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a novel of Catherine the Great
- Label
- The Winter Palace : a novel of Catherine the Great, Eva Stachniak
- Control code
- ocn693809640
- Dimensions
- cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- p.
- Isbn
- 9780553808124
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2011004928
- System control number
- (OCoLC)693809640
- Label
- The Winter Palace : a novel of Catherine the Great, Eva Stachniak
- Control code
- ocn693809640
- Dimensions
- cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- p.
- Isbn
- 9780553808124
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2011004928
- System control number
- (OCoLC)693809640
Subject
- true18th century -- 1701 -- 1800
- trueArranged marriage
- trueBetrayal
- trueBiographical fiction
- trueBiographical fiction
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueCatherine, II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796
- Catherine, II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796 -- Fiction
- trueCourts and courtiers
- Courts and courtiers -- Fiction
- trueDeception
- Empresses -- Russia -- Fiction
- trueExtramarital affairs
- trueGermans in Russia
- trueHeirs and heiresses
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHousehold employees
- trueHousekeepers
- Intrigue -- Fiction
- trueLoyalty
- trueRomanov Dynasty (1613-1917) -- 1613 -- 1917
- trueRussia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796
- Russia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796 -- Fiction
- trueWomen rulers
- trueWomen spies
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