Catherine The Great And Leo Tolstoy

Her string of affairs became so famous that she was tagged as a nymphomaniac by many which further led to the spread of a lot of rumors about her.

Catherine the great and leo tolstoy. 5 things you may not know about leo tolstoy. Both tolstoy s parents belonged to ancient russian aristocratic families. His grandfather on his mother s side prince nikolai volkonsky was a member of the court of catherine the great and. He published more than 100 books novels and biographies among them those of anton chekhov catherine the great rasputin fyodor dostoyevsky ivan the terrible and leo tolstoy.

One of the sweetest parts of the great is the introduction of catherine s formal lover leo. Educated at home by tutors tolstoy enrolled in the university of kazan in 1844 as a student of oriental languages. At the time of his death announced in the french newspaper le. Why catherine the great s enemies turned her into a sex fiend.

His poor record soon forced him to transfer to the less demanding law faculty where he wrote a comparison of the french political philosopher montesquieu s the spirit of laws and catherine the great s nakaz instructions for a law code. No leo voronski was not a real person as far as the recorded history goes. Professor meyer gave the then 17 year old tolstoy the assignment of comparing russia s german born empress catherine the great to the 17th century french enlightenment philosopher montesquieu. However catherine did take a lot of lovers over her three decades long reign.

Catherine had little to do during her 16 year marriage to peter except please the empress and stay out of trouble virginia rounding author of catherine the great explained to time. Kind hearted sensitive and great with snacks leo not only makes catherine s life bearable but. Troyat s best known work is la neige en deuil which was adapted as an english language film in 1956 under the title the mountain. On the great catherine s only other lover leo sebastian de souza is sterile so paul is unequivocally peter s.