This is a biography of Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia (1672 - 1725) who was a ruler of phenomenal energy and vision who made it his mission to bring Russia into the mainstream of European life. Avid for every kind of knowledge, simple in his personal tastes, he was highly militaristic and utterly ruthless in the pursuit of power.
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This is a biography of Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia (1672 - 1725) who was a ruler of phenomenal energy and vision who made it his mission to bring Russia into the mainstream of European life. Avid for every kind of knowledge, simple in his personal tastes, he was highly militaristic and utterly ruthless in the pursuit of power.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. viii, 392pp, index, bibliography, notres, chronology, bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Gift note on front free endpaper, some light toning to endpapers and edges. A couple of short tears to jacket. Biography of Peter the Great.
