From the Modern Library\'s new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by Robert K. --Los Angeles Times Book Review. unfolds like a detective story. . . --Harper\'s The Romanovs Riveting .
Not only the main characters but a whole era become alive and comprehensible. . . -- The New York Times Book Review Nicholas and Alexandra A magnificent and intimate picture . as fascinating as any novel and more so than most. . .
The Modern Library of the World\'s Best Books Peter the Great Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Enthralling .
Impetuous and stubborn, generous and cruel, tender and unforgiving, a man of enormous energy and complexity, Peter the Great is brought fully to life.
Massie delves deep into the Life of this captivating historical figure, chronicling the pivotal events that shaped a boy into a legend--including his incognito 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\'s friendship.
The acclaimed author of Catherine the Great, 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.
From the Modern Library\'s new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by Robert K
