Catherine the Great; Potemkin, Prince Grigory

LOVE CONQUEST: Personal Correspondence of Catherine the Great and Prince Grigory Potemkin.

Edited and Translated by Douglas Smith. Pp. liv+422(last blank), 10 plates, appendices (including 3 full page maps and a chronology), bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in purple/pink; dust wrapper; edges of leaves very faintly foxed; Northern Illinois University Press, DeKalb, Illinois, 2004. First U.S. edition. *'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' [wrapper blurb]. Item #179619

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