TY - BOOK AU - Pollack,Pam AU - Belviso,Meg AU - Putra,Dede TI - Who was Catherine the Great? T2 - Who was...? SN - 9780399544323 PY - 2021///] CY - New York PB - Penguin Workshop KW - Catherine KW - Empresses KW - Russia KW - Biography KW - Juvenile literature KW - Kings, queens, rulers, etc KW - History KW - Catherine II, 1762-1796 KW - Biographies KW - lcgft KW - Illustrated works N1 - "An official WHO HQ book" -- Cover; Includes bibliographical references (page 108); Who was Catherine the Great? -- A good marriage -- A whole new life -- A lonely life -- An uncertain future -- The new Emperor -- The new Empress -- War and plague -- The return of Peter the Third -- Journey down the river -- The last Empress -- Timelines N2 - "Born in 1729, Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbs was never supposed to come to power. But at age sixteen, she married the heir to the Russian throne. By 1762, Sophie, known now as Catherine, overthrew her immature and incompetent husband, Peter III, to lead the nation. Catherine became the sole ruler of Russia"-- ER -