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""What a wonderful book! The storytelling, the research, the deep love of her subject - this must be the climax of Rappaport's long and illustrious career."" --Lucy Worsley, host of the hit PBS series ""Lucy Worsley Investigates"" and bestselling author of Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman ""[Rappaport] conjures with authority and verve the glitter of the Russian imperial court in the final years of Catherine's life... an accomplished and richly detailed account."" --Country Life ""Sparkling... a captivating historical saga of a woman in revolt."" --Publishers Weekly ""Rappaport's extensive knowledge of Russian and European history and culture allows her to create an informative chronology of a woman who was at times manipulated, victimized, despondent, and defiant...A brisk rendering of tumultuous times."" --Kirkus Reviews ""Rappaport revivifies this often forgotten and unique personality. Her detailed account of Juliane's 40-day journey from Saxe-Coburg to Saint Petersburg will make readers appreciate the rigors of overland travel at the close of the eighteenth century."" --Booklist

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DR. HELEN RAPPAPORT is the New York Times bestselling author of several books, including After the Romanovs, A Magnificent Obsession, The Romanov Sisters and Caught in the Revolution. She studied Russian Special Studies at Leeds University and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a specialist in Imperial Russian and Victorian history, and a frequent historical consultant on TV and radio. She lives in West Dorset.

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