Pierre le Grand : sa vie et son monde, couverture rigide par mode Massie, Robert K., comme neuf...

Product Name: Pierre le Grand : sa vie et son monde, couverture rigide par mode Massie, Robert K., comme neuf...
ISBN：9780679645603
Peter the Great : His Life and World, Hardcover by Massie, Robert K., ISBN 0679645608, ISBN-13 9780679645603, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

<b>PULITZER PRIZE WINNER &bull; An &ldquo;urgently readable&rdquo; (<i>Newsweek</i>) biography of the captivating tsar who changed Russian history&mdash;from the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Nicholas and Alexandra, The Romanovs,</i> and <i>Catherine the Great</i> <br><br>&ldquo;Enthralling . . . as fascinating as any novel and more so than most.&rdquo;&mdash;</b><i><b>The New York Times Book Review</b><br></i> <br>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&mdash;including his &ldquo;incognito&rdquo; 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&rsquo;s friendship. Impetuous mode and stubborn, generous and cruel, tender and unforgiving, a man of enormous energy and complexity, Peter the Great is brought fully to life..