![]() ![]() ![]() The characters crave it, gain it, lose it. How does Catherine cope with xenophobia? How does she use it to her advantage?Ĥ. In 17th century Russia, keen on developing its national identity, her Prussian blood is suspect. How does she cope with the need to belong? How much is she willing to sacrifice for a sense of home?ģ. She is an outsider in many other ways, a tradesman’s daughter among aristocrats, a Roman Catholic among Orthodox Christians, a Polish wife of a Russian officer. What does this sentence tell us about the future empress of Russia?Ģ. The novel starts with a quotation from a letter the future Catherine the Great wrote to the British Ambassador, Sir Hanbury-Williams: Three people who never leave her room, and who do not know about one another, inform me of what is going on, and will not fail to acquaint me when the crucial moment arrives. ![]()
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