Ekaterina I
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History knows some examples when an unremarkable person from the very bottom of society reached the top of power not with his talents and will, but by the power of circumstances. One of them is the history of the Livonian Cinderella, the illiterate orphan, Martha’s servant from the Baltic background, during the years of the military light of the early 18th century, who turned out to be a captive of Russian soldiers and slaves of their commanders. The charming "Portomoya" managed to overshadow the other "metress" of Tsar Peter I, adapted to the steady disposition of the sovereign and the only one could reassure him during nervous seizures, shared with him joy and sadness, the hardships of military campaigns and foreign trips. Having become his legal wife Catherine, she coped with the role of the queen as if she had been preparing for her since childhood, and after her husband’s death she ascended the throne as a result of the palace coup
Author:
Author:Kurukin I.
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Politics & Social Science
Paper:
Paper:White
Series:
Series: Life of wonderful people
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-235-03931-5
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