CHAPTER XXIV.
THE CONSPIRACY; AND ACCESSION OF CATHARINE II.
From 1762 to 1765.
Peter III.

at Oranienbaum .-- Catharine at Peterhof .-- The Successful Accomplishment of the Conspiracy .-- Terror of Peter .-- His Vacillating and Feeble Character .-- Flight to Cronstadt .-- Repulse .-- Heroic Counsel of Munich .-- Peter's Return to Oranienbaum .-- His Suppliant Letters to Catharine .-- His Arrest .-- Imprisonment .-- Assasination .-- Proclamation of the Empress .-- Her Complicity in the Crime .-- Energy of Catharine's Administration .-- Her Expansive Views and Sagacious Policy .-- Contemplated Marriage with Count Orlof..