title: The Prince of Princes: The Life of Potemkin
author: Sebag Montefiore
description: Modern Russian historians from Martin Malia to Gregory Freeze barely mention the subject of this massive biography, which illuminates the history of the European revolutionary era. In Volume 10 of The Story of Civilization: Rousseau and Revolution, the Durants pull into focus the wonderfully woven story of Prince Potemkin, Catherine the Great's secret husband and confidant. The palace intrigue is now magnified by this well-documented work by journalist Montefiore (the Sunday Times, the New York Times), who studied history at Cambridge. Montefiore's job as biographer is to aggrandize his subject, and so Potemkin here assumes nearly mythical stature in 18th-century history. His enemies and detractors, mainly other European statesmen, propounded preposterous stories of fake villages in the Crimea and other events that diminished Potemkin's accomplishments. Montefiore has restored him to a prominent place in Russian history, showing that his accomplishments were greater, in Russian terms, than those of any other Russian save Peter the Great: "Potemkin was unique in combining the creative ideas of an entrepreneur with the force of a soldier and the foresight of a statesman." Highly recommended for academic and public libraries. Harry Willems, Southeast Kansas Lib. Syst., Iola <br />Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Princes of Therea (Book 2 – Prince of Diamonds)
  
  Chapter 1:Fire Within
  
  Chapter 2:Tandora – A New Beginning
  
  Chapter 3: A New Decree
  
  Chapter 4:Return to the Unknown
  
  Chapter 5:Cavern Deep
  
  Chapter 6:The Dark Light Mage
  
  Chapter 7:The Epiphany
  
  Chapter 8: The Matchmaker
  
  
  Chapter 9:Road Paved with Good Intentions
  
  Chapter 10:On the verge of Discovery
  
  Chapter 11:The Betrayer
  
  Chapter 12:Bond Mates
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > Chapter 1 –Fire Within
  
  After congratulating his younger brother, Jhehsay, on his bonding and crowning
  ceremonies, Shanden was ready to pack up. The week-long celebration that
  followed the ceremony of partying and eating and way too much drinking told
  him he’d been at the palace long enough. He missed home. He enjoyed the
  drinking but not the morning after so much. He chuckled to himself. Shanden
  decided a week was more than enough time to spend at the Iblan Basha. His
  parents were happy to have him close by, especially his father, so that he
  could start making 