{"product_id":"women-gardens-and-agency-in-imperial-russia-empress-maria-feodorovnas-pavlovsk-park-hardcover-1","title":"Women, Gardens, and Agency in Imperial Russia: Empress Maria Feodorovna's Pavlovsk Park - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEkaterina Heath\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStephen M. Norris\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePolly Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book draws on the rich historical record of the Russian royal court to demonstrate how green spaces have been used as an instrument of diplomatic and political influence.\u003c\/b\u003e Ekaterina Heath convincingly argues that parks like Pavlovsk are a fruitful new primary source, here revealing the previously obscured evidence of women's political activities. In 19th-century Russia, green spaces gave women voice and agency, frequently taken away from them by the patriarchal power structures. \u003ci\u003eWomen, Gardens, and Agency in Imperial Russia\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the preceding narratives of these structures as being solely masculine. It also argues for the need to consider consorts in the analysis of political life at the Russian court. Their soft power strategies were deployed through their gardens, the main tool of political propaganda in the long 18th century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEkaterina Heath discusses Pavlovsk's use for building relationships, promoting virtues, mounting political arguments, and writing Russian history. She explores the strategies used by Empress Maria Fedorovna to influence Catherine II and Paul I to maintain her access to power in a precarious political environment. Heath then goes on to analyse Dowager Empress Maria Fedorovna's use of her garden to grow her power after the death of her husband, Paul I, and her son Alexander I's ascension to the throne.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEkaterina Heath\u003c\/b\u003e is Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, Australia. She is the serving President of the Eighteenth-Century Russian Empire Studies Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53801317433651,"sku":"9781350544505","price":116.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/EpggAEhSy19781350544505_4c19483d-24b0-43a1-9452-f03f75ccf9d1.webp?v=1785968789","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/women-gardens-and-agency-in-imperial-russia-empress-maria-feodorovnas-pavlovsk-park-hardcover-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}