The Memoirs of Princess Dashkova

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  • The Memoirs of Princess Dashkova Book Detail

  • Author : Ekaterina R. Daškova
  • Release Date : 1995
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Pages : 356
  • ISBN 13 : 9780822316213
  • File Size : 45,45 MB
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The Memoirs of Princess Dashkova by Ekaterina R. Daškova PDF Summary

Book Description: "This memoir tell the story of a woman who at age eighteen played an important role in the coup that brought Catherine the Great to the throne. The relationship between these two women, often tense, is a central theme throughout this story. Dashkova, occupying the highly unusual position of both stateswoman and mother, also reveals her own path between the demands and limitations of the private and public spheres of her society. She provides a view of the expectations of Russian aristocratic women, the possibilities available to them, and the ways in which gender roles were conceived in the eighteenth century."--[book cover].

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