The Resource The Winter Palace : a novel of Catherine the Great, by Eva Stachniak, (text large print)
The Winter Palace : a novel of Catherine the Great, by Eva Stachniak, (text large print)
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The item The Winter Palace : a novel of Catherine the Great, by Eva Stachniak, (text large print) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
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- Summary
- Her name is Barbara - in Russian, Varvara. Nimble-witted and attentive, she's allowed into the employ of the Empress Elizabeth amid the glitter and cruelty of the world's most eminent court. Under the tutelage of Count Bestuzhev, Chancellor and spymaster, Varvara will learn to listen and to wait for opportunity. That opportunity arrives in a slender young princess from Zerbst named Sophie, a playful teenager destined to become the indomitable Catherine the Great
- 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
- by Eva Stachniak
- Subject
-
- Large type books
- trueHistorical fiction
- 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
- 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
- Biographical fiction
- trueRussia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796
- trueWomen spies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Her name is Barbara - in Russian, Varvara. Nimble-witted and attentive, she's allowed into the employ of the Empress Elizabeth amid the glitter and cruelty of the world's most eminent court. Under the tutelage of Count Bestuzhev, Chancellor and spymaster, Varvara will learn to listen and to wait for opportunity. That opportunity arrives in a slender young princess from Zerbst named Sophie, a playful teenager destined to become the indomitable Catherine the Great
- 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
- LC call number
- PR9199.4.S728
- LC item number
- W56 2012
- 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, by Eva Stachniak, (text large print)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 655 pages
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410447425
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2011052395
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
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- 769232609
- (OCoLC)769232609
- Label
- The Winter Palace : a novel of Catherine the Great, by Eva Stachniak, (text large print)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 655 pages
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410447425
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2011052395
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
-
- 769232609
- (OCoLC)769232609
Subject
- true18th century -- 1701 -- 1800
- trueArranged marriage
- trueBetrayal
- trueBiographical fiction
- Biographical 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
- Large type books
- 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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