Peter the Great: His Life and World by Robert K. Massie, Peter the Great

Synopsis

"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. He brought Russia from the darkness of its own Middle Ages into the Enlightenment and transformed it into the power that has its legacy in the Russia of our own century.

Annotation

Against the monumental canvas of 17th- and 18-century Europe and Russia unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great, impetuous and stubborn, generous and cruel, tender and unforgiving--one of the most extraordinary men in history. "As fascinating as any novel and more so than most."--New York Times Book Review.