In a dual biography crafted around the famous encounter between the French philosopher who wrote about power and the Russian empress who wielded it with great a
In a dual biography crafted around the famous encounter between the French philosopher who wrote about power and the Russian empress who wielded it with great a
A spirited biography of the prophetic and sympathetic philosopher who helped build the foundations of the modern world. Denis Diderot is often associated with t
When Empires Collide is a history of the famous encounter between the French philosopher Denis Diderot and his patron, Empress Catherine II of Russia, in 1773.
This research monograph is the result of many years of archival investigation in Russia, France and elsewhere into the nature of Catherine the Great's involveme