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A barbarous, volatile feudal tsar with a taste for torture; a progressive and enlightened reformer of government and science; a statesman of vision and colossal significance: Peter the Great embodied the greatest strengths and weaknesses of Russia while being at the very forefront of her development. Robert K Massie's award-winning study remains the essential portrait of the man and his era.
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Robert K Massie was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1929. He studied American History at Yale University and Modern European History at Oxford University, which he attended as a Rhodes scholar. He lives in Irvington, New York.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is truly epic in scale, you not only get Peter, but Malborough, Charles XII of Sweden, The Sun King, William of Orange, Augustus Of Poland and the Ottoman Empire. The amazing thing is,this mass of information is pulled into a narrative that is so well written, that you scarcely realise that you've just ploughed through 850 odd pages. Fantastic
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Whilst it would be difficult to make a history of Peter the Great uninteresting, Massie's biography is one of the best history books I've read.
Sufficiently detailed for the 'serious reader', it is also a wonderfully well written general account of the early eighteenth century. The book also contains numerous anecdotes; my favourite being how Peter's entourage stayed at John Evelyn's house in Deptford - and destroyed the grounds by racing in wheelbarrows before tipping people into hedges.
Highly recommended.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is a real gem! It gives an excellent account of Peter's life, his times and his place in Russia's history. It provides many details about Peter's military operations, his personal development and Russian culture. On the whole this is a book I would recommend to everyone. The narrative is fast paced and one really feels the drama of each moment. This book was a better read that most of the best seller novels out there today!
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Published 2 months ago by Calixthe
Very readable and thoughtful biography
Lots of good insight into the period and context, as well as to into Peter's unique personality. Massey is clearly a big fan and always sees the best in PTG - other historians are... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Jezza
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This is one of the finest books in the English language. Massey details the life of one of history's most magnificent characters in a thoroughly readable narrative. Read more
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This is one of the best historical biographies that I have ever read. It is long but reading it is never a chore. It goes into an amazing amount of detail but is never boring. Read more
Published 19 months ago by The Emperor
Peter's Best Biography
Robert K Massie's biograrphy was the greatest I have yet read of a Russian Tsar. It highlighted Peter's life from beginning to end. Read more
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I was concerned before reading this book that being over 800 pages it would start to drag. How wrong I was! Read more
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In a word... monumental!
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Published on 19 Sep 2008 by The Legendary Lord Sword
Peter the great by Robert Massie
A gripping very readable book. Peter the Great is portrayed not as someone from the very distant past but as a living breathing superman who put Russia firmly on the map. Read more
Published on 13 Dec 2005 by R. C. Morris
How about Robert the great!
I've read numerous books on russian history but this is surely the finest(I know it's a big statement!). Read more
Published on 18 Dec 2003 by G. R. Morgan
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I read this book long ago (in the early 80s) and to me it is still the best book ever published in the areas of history and biography. Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2003 by "gtalmirall2"
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