Catherine the Great
- ISBN-10
- 0836855353
- ISBN-13
- 9780836855357
- Series
- Catherine the Great
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 64
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- World Almanac Education
- Author
- Christine Hatt
Description
A biography of the German princess who became the absolute ruler of the Russian empire and won for herself the reputation of being a great enlightened monarch.
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- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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