Catherine : the great journey

Format:

Book

Title:

Catherine : the great journey

Author:

Gregory, Kristiana author

ISBN:

9780439253857

9781415639122

Publication Information:

New York : Scholastic, 2005.

Physical Description:

169 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.

Series title(s):

Royal diaries.

General Note:

A fictional diary of Princess Sophie, later named Catherine, from 1743 until 1745, when at age fifteen she is married to her second cousin Peter, Grand Duke of Russia, who will one day be Emperor. Includes historical notes on her later life.

Summary:

4 January 1744, Zerbst. She leaned forward, taking my chin in her hand. "You must tell no one what I'm about to say - not your brother, not even Mademoiselle. Understand?" I nodded. Was she afraid that if others knew the truth they might convince me to run away, thereby spoiling her scheme? "If the King approves of you . . . then you and I shall be driven by sleigh out of Prussia, all the way to St. Petersberg, to meet with Empress Elizabeth. . . . She has selected you, my poor ugly daughter, to be Peter's fiancee. Unless you spoil things, the two of you will marry and one day rule all of Russia."

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader 3.9.

Personal Subject:

Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796-Juvenile fiction.

Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762-Juvenile fiction.

Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762-Juvenile fiction.

Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796-Fiction.

Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762-Fiction.

Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762-Fiction.

Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796

Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762

Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762

Subject(s):

Kings, queens, rulers, etc. -- Fiction.

Diaries -- Fiction.

Russia (Federation) -- History -- Elizabeth, 1741-1762 -- Juvenile fiction.

Russia -- History -- Elizabeth, 1741-1762 -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Russia (Federation) -- History -- Elizabeth, 1741-1762 -- Juvenile fiction.

Russia -- History -- Elizabeth, 1741-1762 -- Fiction.

Russia (Federation)

Genre:

Diary fiction -- Juvenile fiction.

Russia -- History -- Elizabeth, 1741-1762 -- Fiction.

Diaries -- Juvenile fiction.

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
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Summary

Scholastic is proud to present the final installment of The Royal Diaries series. Drama and intrigue explode in the story of young Princess Catherine's incredible journey to greatness.

Fourteen-year-old Prussian princess Sophia finds herself entangled in her mother's efforts to arrange a marriage between Sophia and Charles-Peter, a young German duke and nephew of the Russian empress Elizabeth. As Sophia's mother moves to make the match, she and Sophia must travel from their humble home in Zerbst, Prussia, to Russia--the kingdom of Elizabeth. There, Sophia is renamed Catherine and married to Charles-Peter, but she watches helplessly as her family is torn from her, her own mother is involved in a spying ring against the empress, and all that is familiar to her disappears.

Author Notes

Kristiana Gregory is the bestselling author of many Dear America titles, including THE WINTER OF RED SNOW and its follow-up, CANNONS AT DAWN; ACROSS THE WIDE AND LONESOME PRAIRIE; and SEEDS OF HOPE. She has also written the Cabin Creek Mysteries, which are based on bedtime stories she told her sons when they were young and restless. Kristiana lives in Boise, Idaho. Visit her online at www.kgregorybooks.com.

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 4-7-This novel is written from the viewpoint of Princess Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst, who later became Catherine the Great. The diary opens with an entry dated August 7, 1743, when Sophie is 14. Her mother obsesses over marrying her into a prestigious family. When the studious and rather plain-looking teen has an opportunity to marry Peter, Grand Duke of Russia, she must face the scrutiny of critical Empress Elizabeth. In her "diary," Sophie talks about her home situation and recounts the hardships of travel to Russia, her efforts to please the empress, and her engagement. Gregory's strong characterizations bring the historically grounded figures to life. Events convey the difficulties of Russian life during 1743-1745. At first slow moving, the plot picks up speed when Sophie meets the empress. The diary concludes with her impending wedding. Supplementary materials include a family tree, black-and-white reprints of painted portraits of Catherine and family, a map of Prussia and Russia from 1744, and the author's commentary on her use of primary sources.-Lynn K. Vanca, Akron-Summit County Public Library, Richfield, OH (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.