About the book: 2012 / Her 34-year reign is rightfully called the “Golden Age of the Russian Empire,” and she herself is the best of the empresses. The victories and achievements of Catherine the Great have been glorified for centuries; she turned Russia into the most powerful state of the era - in the words of “Catherine’s eagles”: “not a single cannon in Europe could fire without our permission.” But this book is not a political biography of the brilliant queen, but the love story of an incomparable woman who managed to remain adored and desired into her old age. This publication will allow you to look behind the front facade of palaces and throne rooms, into the personal chambers of the empress, to see under the diamond crown, golden mantle and royal regalia a loving woman with her troubles, joys, fatal passions and searches for simple female happiness…