Captain Charles Edstaston is assigned to the Imperial Russian court in Saint Petersburg, during the 34-year rule of Empress Catherine the Great, and brings his fiancee, Claire, with him. In the midst of court intrigue and palace politics, primarily instigated by Catherine's favored statesman and military leader, the drunken, ill-mannered, but crafty Prince Patiomkin.
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Table of contents
- APOLOGY
- THE FIRST SCENE
- THE SECOND SCENE
- THE THIRD SCENE
- THE FOURTH SCENE