Prince of Princes: The Life of Potemkin (about Grigory Potemkin)
Prince of Princes: The Life of Potemkin (about Grigory Potemkin)
#2269 of 3,809 books · #820 in Biography & Memoir
Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (2001).
A history of one of Russia's greatest leaders explores the life and career of Potemkin, lover of Catherine the Great and architect of Russian imperial power.
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- ISBN-13
- 9780312278151
- Genre
- Topics
- Russian imperial historyGrigory Potemkin's lifeCatherine the Great's court
Awards
- Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionShortlistedMajor(2001)
Other awarded books from Simon Sebag Montefiore
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