Bibliograph

Peter the Great, Henri Troyat ; translated from the French by Joan Pinkham

Type

Label

Peter the Great, Henri Troyat ; translated from the French by Joan Pinkham

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-369) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Peter the Great

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

14099055

Responsibility statement

Henri Troyat ; translated from the French by Joan Pinkham

Summary

Russia's Peter the Great, a cruel visionary imbued equally with a fascination for progress and absolute power

Table Of Contents

Violence in the Kremlin -- The regency -- Peter or Sophia? -- The German settlement -- War against Turkey -- The great embassy -- The revolt of the Streltsy -- From Narva to Poltava -- St. Petersburg -- Journey to France -- The Czarevich Alexis -- Emperor and Empress -- The last reforms -- The giant felled -- Chronology -- Bibliography

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