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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

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

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the Great, Deborah Davis' unauthorized biography of Katharine Graham; published in 1979 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; withdrawn; subject of 1982 breach of contract lawsuit; republished by National Press in 1987 and Sheridan Square Press in 1991



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