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<p><strong>"Makes <em>Game of Thrones</em> look like a nursery rhyme."</strong> ー<strong>Daisy Goodwin, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>The Fortune Hunter</em></strong></p> <p><strong>“[Alpsten] recounts this remarkable woman’s colourful life and times."</strong> ー<strong>Count Nikolai Tolstoy, historian and author</strong></p> <p><strong>Before there was Catherine the Great, there was Catherine Alexeyevna: the first woman to rule Russia in her own right. Ellen Alpsten's rich, sweeping debut novel is the story of her rise to power.</strong></p> <p>St. Petersburg, 1725. Peter the Great lies dying in his magnificent Winter Palace. The weakness and treachery of his only son has driven his father to an appalling act of cruelty and left the empire without an heir. Russia risks falling into chaos. Into the void steps the woman who has been by his side for decades: his second wife, Catherine Alexeyevna, as ambitious, ruthless and passionate as Peter himself.</p> <p>Born into...楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る