Ebook {Epub PDF} Peter the Great: His Life and World by Robert K. Massie

Robert K Massie has written not just one of the best biographies of Peter the Great, Tsar of all the Russias, but one of the best biographies out there. Written in a flowing, easy to read style, the work describes the life and times that Peter lived through, allowing us, the reader to picture the scenes that Peter is moving through/5(K). Massie is a meticulous researcher and an excellent writer and storyteller. This book brings to life a fascinating man, and his incredible times, and how Peter brought Russia out of the dark ages with his vision, willpower, restless soul and ceaseless energy/5(K). Robert K. Massie PETER THE GREAT: His Life and His World 8th Printing Hardcover New York Alfred A. Knopf Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Edge wear and soiling to front and rear panels. Marker to lower edge pages.

History is safe in the hands of Robert K. Massie as his meticulously researched biography Of Peter the Great, his life and world really is a breathtaking Journey back into the Russia of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century, warts and all. Peter The Great was one of the most transformational leaders in European history and while I was familiar with some aspects of his reign I now feel very. ― Robert K. Massie, quote from Peter the Great: His Life and World "In the summer of , an unusually extravagant rumor horrified the citizenry. The Tsar, it was said, had forbidden Russian men to marry for seven years so that Russian women might be married to foreigners being imported by the shipload. Robert Kinloch Massie III (January 5, - December 2, ) was an American journalist and bltadwin.ru devoted much of his career to studying and writing about the House of Romanov, Russia's imperial family from to Massie was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Biography for Peter the Great: His Life and bltadwin.ru also received awards for his book Catherine the Great: Portrait.

Overview. From the Modern Library’s new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by Robert K. Massie—also available are Nicholas and Alexandra and The Romanovs. 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. Massie’s book on Peter The Great is a thorough biography that reads like a good novel. Mr Massie demonstrates the intricacies of the confluence of culture, identity, ideas and technologies of Western Europe, The Baltic Countries, Ottoman Empire and Russia during the time of Peter’s reign. 1 Used from$ New from$ This superbly told story brings to life one of the most remarkable rulers––and men––in all of history and conveys the drama of his life and world. The Russia of Peter's birth was very different from the Russia his energy, genius, and ruthlessness shaped. Crowned co-Tsar as a child of ten, after witnessing bloody uprisings in the streets of Moscow, he would grow up propelled by an unquenchable curiosity, everywhere looking, asking, tinkering, and.