Title: The Prince of Princes: The Life of Potemkin
Author: Sebag Montefiore
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Publication Date: 2001-11-07
ISBN: 0312278152
Type: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good +
Jacket condition: Very Good +
Notes: Clean, solid copy with no writing, highlighting, marks, or creased page corners. Cover corners are square. Small tear to bottom edge of spine and jacket. Jacket is glossy with light surface wear and rubbing. A carefully-used copy. 1st printing thus.
About the Book
Prince Grigory Potemkin was Catherine the Great's lover and secret husband. An outstandingly gifted political counselor, he won the Crimea War, founded the Black Sea Fleet, and made Russia a Near Eastern power. Volatile, handsome, and always astonishing, his magnificence enchanted and scandalized Europe.
