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A forgotten empress: Anna Ivanovna and her era, 1730-1740

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Ungar, 1974 - Biography & Autobiography - 335 pages

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Just like the Empress Anna was "forgotten" by History, this book is too. I found a first edition accidentally in a bookstore... But it's great. Mina Curtiss did so much with the amount of information ... Read full review

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TitleA forgotten empress: Anna Ivanovna and her era, 1730-1740
AuthorMina Kirstein Curtiss
Editionillustrated
PublisherUngar, 1974
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized30 Jun 2008
ISBN0804412138, 9780804412131
Length335 pages
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