Catherine: The Great Journey, Russia, 1743
169 pages
|Published: 1 Apr 2006
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ISBN: 9780439253857
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic
Publication date: 1 April 2006
Description
Scholastic is proud to present the final installment of The Royal Diaries series. Drama and intrigue explode in the story of young Princess Catherine's incredible journey to greatness.Fourteen-year-old Prussian princess Sophia finds herself entangled in her mother's efforts to arrange a marriage between Sophia and Charles-Peter, a young German duke and nephew of the Russian empress Elizabeth. As Sophia's mother moves to make the match, she and Sophia must travel from their humble home in Zerbst, Prussia, to Russia--the kingdom of Elizabeth. There, Sophia is renamed Catherine and married to Charles-Peter, but she watches helplessly as her family is torn from her, her own mother is involved in a spying ring against the empress, and all that is familiar to her disappears.Book Details:
Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: 12/1/2005
Pages: 176
Reading Level: Age 8 and Up