Minä, Katariina

An accident has put Empress Catherine II in bed, and her time may be short. Painful memories crowd in. At fourteen the German princess was sent to marry Grand Duke Peter without anyone asking her opinion, and to adopt as home a mysterious country whose customs she did not know. For Russia she gave up kin, name, faith and any private life; spies watched her constantly; her sixteen-year-old husband disappointed her again and again, while everyone waited for her to give the empire an heir. From her sickbed she relives the plotting and splendour of court and her long climb to sole power.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

607 pages in the original

Genres

Historical (assigned by AI)

Set in

Russia, 18th century

First published

2011 by Otava

Author's age

73 when first published

ISBN

9789511250050 (original)