{"product_id":"women-gardens-and-agency-in-ekaterina-heath-9781350544505","title":"Women, Gardens, and Agency in Imperial Russia: Empress Maria Feodorovna's Pavlovsk Park","description":"\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, Green Spaces and the Politics of Empowerment 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ekaterina Heath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350544507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350544505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.79h x 5.08w x 1.00d","brand":"Ekaterina Heath","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48154108264703,"sku":"9781350544505","price":61.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b6d01dcf-19fd-4c3d-a7ab-baa0d24a2891.jpg?v=1770787945","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/women-gardens-and-agency-in-ekaterina-heath-9781350544505","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}