Sophie--now Catherine, Grand Duchess of Russia--had a tough first year at Imperial Court.
Fighting desperately against forces that try to depose the Empress Elizabeth and put the young Prince Ivan on her throne, Cathe.
As a new day dawns, Catherine thinks only of securing her future, and the future of their country, during one of the greatest political upheavals of her time.
Married at sixteen to Grand Duke Peter, heir to the throne, and settled in their own palace, things start to look up.
Sophie--now Catherine, Grand Duchess of Russia--had a tough first year at Imperial Court