Peter the Great His Life and World

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER  An "urgently readable" (Newsweek) biography of the captivating tsar who changed Russian history-from the New York Times bestselling author of Nicholas and Alexandra, The Romanovs, and Catherine the Great "Enthralling . . . as fascinating as any novel and more so than most."-The New York Times Book Review Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great, crowned co-tsar at the age of ten. Robert K. Massie delves deep into his life, chronicling the pivotal events that shaped a boy into a legend-including his "incognito" travels in Europe, his unquenchable curiosity about Western ways, his obsession with the sea and establishment of the stupendous Russian navy, his creation of an unbeatable army, his transformation of Russia, and his relationships with those he loved most: Catherine, the robust yet gentle peasant, his loving mistress, wife, and successor; and Menshikov, the charming, bold, unscrupulous prince who rose to wealth and power through Peter's friendship. Impetuous and stubborn, generous and cruel, tender and unforgiving, a man of enormous energy and complexity, Peter the Great is brought fully to life.

ISBN:	9780345298065
Publisher:	Random House Publishing Group
Imprint:	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published date:	12 Oct 1981
Language:	English
Number of pages:	909
Weight:	929g
Height:	233mm
Width:	155mm
Spine width:	43mm

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