St. Martin's Press, Date: 2001. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2001. St. Martin's Press ISBN 0312278152 9780312278151 [US]

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ISBN10: 0312278152, ISBN13: 9780312278151, [publisher: Thomas Dunne Books] Hardcover
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THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS. Hardcover. GOOD. 0 9780312278151 Potemkin shone as an outstandingly gifted statesman, winning the Crimea, founding the Black Sea Fleet, reforming the Cossacks, planning new cities like Sebastopol and Odessa, and making Russia a Near Eastern power - achievements in war and peace that emulated his hero Peter the Great. He embodied the strengths and weaknesses of Russia itself - volatile, ebullient, handsome, sensual, and always astonishing. His bizarre magnificence enchanted and scandalized Europe. Yet he disdained his own success. He was surrounded by a cosmopolitan court that included brilliant Americans, such as Admiral John Paul Jones, and Lewis Littlepage, a friend of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Both served under Potemkin against the Turks. An obsessive Anglophile, he commissioned Joshua Reynolds and created an English garden wherever he stopped for the night. In 1787, this master showman presided over Catherine's Crimean river-tour, so sumptuous it was compared to Cleopatra's progress. Potemkin's enemies claimed he displayed fake houses - "Potemkin villages" - a smear this biography lays to rest. After five years' new research in archives from Petersburg to Odessa, Sebag Montefiore shoes how Potemkin and Catherine, with their younger lovers, created their own "family." He brings blazingly to life Potemkin's loving partnership with Catherine and restores him to his place as a colossus of the eighteenth century. When he died, Catherine ...

Hardcover with dust jacket. VG/VG. Light wear to dust jacket which is in a like new Brodart clear protective sleeve. Very light wear to book. Interior is pristine. No writing or markings of any kind. Ships in a box packed with care. Date: 2001. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's ISBN 0312278152 9780312278151 [US]

New York: St. Martin's Press, Date: 2000. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/fine. First American edition. Includes bibliographical references and index. 2000. St. Martin's Press ISBN 0312278152 US

Thomas Dunne Books. Very Good+. Date: 2001. Hardcover. ...; Very Good Book, some use wear, 1st Edition/1st Print. Ships fast; 10.3 X 7.4 X 1.8 inches; 672 pages . 2001. Thomas Dunne Books ISBN 0312278152 9780312278151 [US]

Book is in very good condition. DJ is Very good with a tear at bottom of page block, stabilized with clear tape. Date: 2001. Thomas Dunne Books ISBN 0312278152 9780312278151 [US]

Thomas Dunne Books, Date: 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition, First Printing (Full Number Line). Not price-clipped ($45.00 price intact). Published by St. Martin's Press, 2001. Quarto. Gray cloth boards stamped in silver. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new. 634 pages. ISBN: 0312278152. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. 2001. Thomas Dunne Books ISBN 0312278152 9780312278151 [US]

New York: Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press, Date: 2001. first St. Martin's Press edition. Hardcover. Large octavo; Vg/Vg; red & tan spine with tan & white text; dust jacket has mylar covering but is clean w/o defect; cloth is undamaged w/ clean, unmarked exterior; text block has crisp, clean pages and tight, secure binding; very good condition; pp 634. 1297695. Full-priced Rockville. 2001. Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press ISBN 0312278152 9780312278151 [US]

New York: St. Martin's Press, Date: 2001. 634pp.. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/DJ Fine. Thick Small Quarto. 2001. St. Martin's Press ISBN 0312278152 9780312278151 [US]

Thomas Dunne Books, Date: 2001-11-07. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2001. Thomas Dunne Books ISBN 0312278152 9780312278151 [US]