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3 unusual facts about Great Catherine


Great Catherine

Great Catherine: Whom Glory Still Adores, 1913 one-act play by George Bernard Shaw which satirically examines cultural misunderstandings and politics of intimacy surrounding prim British military attaché's appointment to court of Catherine the Great in 1776

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Catherine the Great (1729–1796), German princess who became most renowned and longest-ruling (from 1762 until her death) female leader of Russia, revitalizing and expanding its influence in direction of Empire's recognition as one of great powers of Europe

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Katharine the Great, Deborah Davis' unauthorized biography of Katharine Graham; published in 1979 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; withdrawn; subject of 1982 breach of contract lawsuit; republished by National Press in 1987 and Sheridan Square Press in 1991



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