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The Great
Series · 2020
A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia following the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great and her explosive relationship with husband Peter, the emperor of Russia.
The sides of The Great
- A young Catherine at the Russian court
- A childish, cruel emperor named Peter
- A plan to take the throne from her own husband
The Great is good for you if…
- you like laughing at a court where murder is a party trick.
- you like rude, quick, very modern lines in period costume.
- you like watching a young wife plot to seize an empire.
The Great is bad for you if…
- you'd rather avoid a lot of crude sex scenes.
- you need history told the way it really happened.
About: ambition · marriage · power
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