Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Note on the Translation
1. Ardent Zeal, Sincere Confessions—1769–1774
2. Lovers—1774–1775
3. Breaking Up—1776
4. Partners—1777–1781
5. Annexing the Crimea—1782–1783
6. Southern Vision—1784–1787
7. War—1787
8. The Siege of Ochakov—1788
9. A Gallant Campaign, the Count's Betrayal, and Blackie
10. One Paw Out of the Mud
11. Death on the Steppe
Appendix I: Maps
Appendix II: Chronology
Appendix III: Table of Ranks
Index
Douglas Smith is author of Working the Rough Stone, which won the William W. Reese II Memorial Book Award for 1999–2000. He lives in Seattle.
Carefully conceived and magnificently executed, this splendid
translation allows readers access to an exceptionally instructive
and entertaining source.
*Simon Dixon, University of Leeds*
Love and Conquest is an extraordinarily impressive achievement that
will be the standard English reference for years to come.
*Ronald Vroon, UCLA*
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