Catherine the Great

Beset by challengers to her throne and plagued with division in her court, Catherine tightens her grip on Russia. Along the way she meets the dashing Lieutenant Potemkin, but exterior forces threaten to tear them apart before they even have the chance to begin.

Following his great success at the Turkish War, Potemkin returns to court to find himself out of Catherine’s favour. While she is occupied with matters of the heart, the peasants of Russia rise up in revolt.

Catherine and Potemkin’s love affair is beset with complications from all sides as they are torn between the desire for Empire and the desire for one another. Potemkin begins an epic quest to the Crimea, while Catherine mends bridges with her family.

Toppled into war by their ambitious overreaching, Catherine and Potemkin are pushed to the brink and forced to question their loyalty to one another. Meanwhile, Catherine grows increasingly obsessed by her legacy, sliding further towards a tragic end.