The Romanov Empress by C.W. Gortner
Born a minor German princess and transplanted into the opulence and danger of the eighteenth-century Russian court, she transforms herself from ingénue into shrewd, passionate ruler; navigating a loveless marriage, volatile lovers, and deadly intrigue, she engineers a coup that crowns her empress and then struggles to reconcile Enlightenment ideals with the gritty realities of governing an immense empire. The narrative traces her intellectual and emotional evolution as she forges alliances, implements reforms, and confronts both betrayal and the moral compromises of power, offering an intimate portrait of a woman who remakes her identity and reshapes a nation.
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