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Oct 21, 2019 · Catherine the Great liked horses and has been painted on horseback, but there is no consensus on who started the rumor or when. Experts on the ruler say it is thought to have been ginned...
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- Olivia B. Waxman
Oct 21, 2019 · Upon his return, Catherine ordered Peter’s arrest and forced him to sign a document of abdication. As the only heir apparent was the crown prince Paul, then a small child, Catherine acceded to ...
- awestenfeld@hearst.com
- Books And Fiction Editor
Oct 21, 2019 · The four-part miniseries stars Helen Mirren as Empress Catherine of Russia, the queen who stole the throne from her husband, withheld it for as long as she could from the rightful heir, her...
- Sonia Saraiya
May 14, 2020 · “One of the great women of history has been sort of maligned until we rescue her reputation,” said Helen Mirren, who played the ruler earlier this year in HBO’s Catherine the Great. The...
Feb 20, 2024 · Mirren admitted to The Telegraph that she didn't know much about Catherine when she expressed her interest in playing her. But after researching and reading the Empress's letters, Mirren began to ...
- Sophie Mcevoy
Oct 21, 2019 · Mirren told Vanity Fair that one of her motives with the miniseries—written by screenwriter Nigel Williams and directed by Philip Martin —was to “rescue” the ruler’s reputation from ...
May 15, 2020 · Featuring Elle Fanning as the empress and Nicholas Hoult as her mercurial husband, Peter III, “The Great” differs from the 2019 HBO miniseries “Catherine the Great,” which starred Helen ...
