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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

Great Catherine: Whom Glory Still Adores is a historical play written by George Bernard Shaw. The play is set in 18th century Russia and focuses on the relationship between Catherine the Great, the Empress of Russia, and Grigory Potemkin, a military commander and politician... Read Full Overview

In composing such bravura pieces, the author limits himself only by the range of the virtuoso, which by definition far transcends the modesty of nature. If my Russians seem more Muscovite than any Russian, and my English people more insular than any Briton, I will not plead,... Read Full Overview

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. Born in Dublin, he moved to London when he turned twenty. Having rejected formal schooling, he educated himself by independent study in the reading room of the British Museum;... Read Full Overview

Exception has been taken to the title of this seeming tomfoolery on the ground that the Catherine it represents is not Great Catherine, but the Catherine whose gallantries provide some of the lightest pages of modern history. Great Catherine, it is said, was the Catherine whose... Read Full Overview

Great Catherine: Whom Glory Still Adores is a play written by George Bernard Shaw that explores the relationship between Catherine the Great of Russia and Voltaire, a French philosopher and writer. The play is set in 1762, just after Catherine has seized the throne in a coup... Read Full Overview