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9780300158588

The Pearl; A True Tale of Forbidden Love in Catherine the Great's Russia

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300158588

  • ISBN10:

    0300158580

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2009-08-25
  • Publisher: Yale University Press

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Summary

The most complete and accurate account ever written of the illicit love affair between Count Nicholas Sheremetev (1751-1809), Russia's richest aristocrat, and Praskovia Kovalyova (1768-1803), his serf and the greatest opera diva of her time. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Douglas Smith is a resident scholar at the University of Washington and the author of the prize-winning books Working the Rough Stone: Freemasonry and Society in Eighteenth-Century Russia and Love and Conquest: Personal Correspondence of Catherine the Great and Prince Grigory Potemkin.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. x
Note on Stylep. xiv
Family Treesp. xv
Preludep. I
Kuskovo
An Aristocratic Boyhoodp. 13
The Blacksmith's Daughterp. 21
Grant Tourp. 29
The Big Housep. 37
First Meetingp. 42
Praskovia's Debutp. 48
Early Successp. 53
Serf Diva, Serf Mistressp. 61
Entertaining Catherinep. 75
The Sheremetevs and Their Serfsp. 85
The Old Count's Deathp. 91
Interlude: Serf Theaterp. 97
Ostankino
"I intend to build. . ."p. 113
Farewell to Kuskovop. 121
Ostankino's Premierp. 130
Training the Troupep. 138
Life in the Troupep. 146
To St. Petersburgp. 154
Tsar Paulp. 160
Interlude: Serf Actress Storiesp. 171
The Fountain House
Freedomp. 181
The Curtain Fallsp. 188
The Specter of Deathp. 195
Coronationp. 200
Weddingp. 206
Newlywedsp. 217
Dmitry's Birthp. 225
Secrets Revealedp. 232
Deathp. 239
Scandalp. 247
Saint Praskoviap. 252
Putrid Bonesp. 261
Fatherly Advicep. 266
Separate Fatesp. 271
Codap. 281
Notesp. 285
Bibliographyp. 301
Indexp. 321
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