
"The more he hated her, the more she loved him...this girl of MANY loves who rose to rule a hundred million souls but could not govern her own heart."
The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. Although the couple has moments of contentment, Peter's cruel and erratic behavior causes a rift between him and Catherine. Mere months after Peter succeeds his aunt as the ruler of Russia, a revolt is brewing, and Catherine is poised to ascend to the throne as the country's new empress.
Grand Duke Peter

Catherine

Empress Elisabeth

Lecocq

Princess Anhalt-Zerbst

Katushienka

Countess Olga

Countess Vorontzova

Grigory Orlov

Bestujhev

Ogarev

Goudovitch
Colonel Karnilov

English Ambassador

Regiment Soldier

Guest at Hunting Lodge

Rumyantsev

Regiment Soldier

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