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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  The Prince’s Quest
  
  Contents
  
  MapsElcagiers and Iniqua Bae
  
  Chapter 1The Betrothal
  
  Chapter IIThe Royal Parade of Zamir
  
  Chapter IIIA Plan of Action
  
  Chapter IVZamir – City of the Twinkling Lights
  
  Chapter VChaylay
  
  Chapter VIFirst Night – Club Regalia
  
  Chapter VIIHearts Afire
  
  Chapter VIIILet the Games Begin
  
  Chapter IXHidden Adversary
  
  Chapter XRistorante I-Magin
  
  Chapter XIThe Request (a brief interlude)
  
  Chapter XIITanjeer – The Love Potion
  
  Chapter XIIIJon Qui – True Love (a brief interlude)
  
  Chapter XIVPicnic under the Stoz
  
  Chapter XVThe Gift
  
  INTERLUDEThe Espezar
  
  Chapter XVITruth or Consequences
  
  Chapter XVIIShimmer Bae
  
  Chapter XVIIIThe Journey
  
  Chapter XIXThe Visitor
  
  Chapter XXThe Albany
  
  Chapter XXIA Quest
  
  Chapter XXIIWalenkemp Castle
  
  Chapter XXIIIAchieving the Challen-R
  
  Chapter XXXIVThe Royal Banquet – A Secret is Uncovered
  
  Chapter XXXVA Union
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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