Luckily for Princess Sophie, later named Catherine, Empress Elizabeth of Russia detested Johanna and had her thrown out of the country as a spy. Catherine endeared herself to the Empress and the Russian people by determining to embrace the language and culture of her new country. At age fifteen she married to her second cousin Peter, Grand Duke of Russia, who would one day be Emperor. The book includes historical notes on her later life.
If you enjoy reading about Russian royalty, you might enjoy these books from the TA library:
Fiction
- Anastasia, The Last Grand Duchess by Carolyn Meyer
- The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming
- Anaaona, Golden Flower by Edwidge Danticat
- Anastasia: The Last Grand Dushess
- Catherine: The Great Journey
- Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile by Kristiana Gregory
- Eleanor, Crown Jewel of Aquitaine by Kristiana Gregory
- Elisabeth: The Princess Bride by Barry Denenberg
- Elizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor by Kathryn Lasky
- Isabel, Jewel of Castilla by Carolyn Meyer
- Jahanara, Princess of Princesses by Kathryn Lasky
- Kaiulani: The People's Princess by Ellen Emerson White
- Kristina: The Girl King by Carolyn Meyer
- Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Warriar of the South by Laurence Yep
- Lady of Palenque, Flower of Bacal by Anna Kirwan
- Mary, Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country by Kathryn Lasky
- Nzingha, Warrior Queen of Matamba by Pat McKissack
- Sondok: Princess of the Moon and Stars by Sheri Holman
- Victoria, May Blossom of Britannia by Anna Kirwan
- Weetamoon: The Heart of the Pocassets by Patricia Clark Smith