Peter The Great: Autocrat And Reformer

Peter The Great: Autocrat And Reformer

As the third son of the legendary Tsar Alexis, Peter the Great was never supposed to rule. But when his older brother died, the ten-year-old boy was proclaimed tsar by a cheering multitude outside the walls of the Kremlin. His destiny seemed assuredâ€”until a bloody rebellion erupted, forcing him to watch as his family was impaled and torn limb from limb by a mob of furious soldiers.

From that day forward, Peter was determined to tear down the Old Muscovy and usher in a new Russiaâ€”dragging his backwards, traditional nobles into the 18th century by their long, bushy beards when necessary. He became the first tsar to sail the ocean, and the first Romanov to visit Europe. Standing six foot, eight inches tall, Peter took Europe in his immense stride, while laboring as a common carpenter in order to learn the skills he needed to modernize his army and build Russiaâ€™s first navy.

From his childhood adventures in Moscowâ€™s German quarter, to his earth-shaking victory at the Battle of Poltava, where he singlehandedly broke the back of the Swedish empire, the life of Peter the Great was unlike that of any other man of his time.
Country USA
Manufacturer Make Profits Easy LLC
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-12-17
Format Kindle eBook

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