Peter the Great: His Life and World [Massie]

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Peter the Great: His Life and World. Robert K. Massie. NY: Knopf, 1980. 1st edition. 909 pages. Illustrated with 24 pages of photos, including 8 in color and 13 maps, as well as map endpapers. Hardcover with very good unclipped dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover.  

The life story of Peter the I (1672-1725) - aka The Great - is one that could only originate from a semi-barbaric and Western-influenced Russia of 300 years ago. Massie portrays Peter the Tsar in extraordinary detail, starting with when the 10 year-old boy was crowned supreme ruler of Russia. He writes about Peter's “incognito” travels in Europe, his ravenous curiosity about the West, his fascination with the sea and the navy, his forging of an unsurpassable army, and the arm-twisting, aong other acts, that transformed Russia.

Robert Massie is the author, together with contributions by his then-wife Suzanne, of the exhaustively-researched and definitive biography of Nicholas and Alexandra. He has wrote The Romanovs: The Final Chapter and Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman.