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Peter the Great

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Peter the Great
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Robert K. Massie
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:1056
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9781801102773
ClassificationsDewey:947.05092
Audience
General
Edition Reissue
Illustrations 1 x 8pp colour

Publishing Details

Publisher Head of Zeus
Imprint Apollo
Publication Date 12 May 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The Pulitzer prizewinning biography of Peter the Great, the ruler who brought Russia from darkness into light. Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia, Robert K. Massie unfolds the extraordinary story of Peter the Great. A volatile feudal tsar with a taste for barbaric torture; a progressive and enlightened reformer of government and science; Peter the Great embodied the greatest strengths and weaknesses of Russia while being at the very forefront of her development. Robert K. Massie delves deep into Peter's life and character, chronicling the pivotal events that transformed the boy star into a national icon. His portrayal of the complexities and contradictions of this most energetic of Russian rulers brings a towering historical figure unforgettably to life.

Author Biography

Robert K. Massie was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and studied American history at Yale and European history at Oxford, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He was president of the Authors Guild from 1987 to 1991. His books include Nicholas and Alexandra; The Romanovs: The Final Chapter; Dreadnought; Castles of Steel; and Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman.

Reviews

Enthralling. As fascinating as a novel and more so than most * New York Times * Urgently readable... The work of a master of narrative history' * Newsweek * Exceptional * New Yorker *