Noble Blood (podcast)

Catherine the Great and her Husband the Mediocre (2x3)

Air date: Feb 04, 2020

Catherine the Great, Russia's most famous Empress, wasn't born in Russia—she was a minor German princess engaged to the future Emperor. But less than a year after her husband ascended to the Russian throne, Catherine overthrew him in a coup with the help of her lover in one of the most extraordinary political maneuvers in history.