Peter the Great, Robert K. Massie
Peter the Great, Robert K. Massie
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Peter the Great
His Life and World

Author: Robert K. Massie

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 43 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/18/2011

Synopsis

This superbly told story brings to life one of the most remarkable rulersand menin all of history and conveys the drama of his life and world. The Russia of Peter's birth was very different from the Russia his energy, genius, and ruthlessness shaped. Crowned coTsar as a child of ten, after witnessing bloody uprisings in the streets of Moscow, he would grow up propelled by an unquenchable curiosity, everywhere looking, asking, tinkering, and learning, fired by Western ideas. We see Peter in his twenties traveling "incognito" with his ambassadors to the courts of Europe; as the victorious soldier proclaimed Emperor; as the simple workman at his forge; and as the visionary statesman who singlehandedly created a formidable world power. Impetuous and stubborn, bawdy and stern, relentless in his perseverance, he was capable of the greatest generosity and the greatest cruelty.

About Robert K. Massie

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. Peter the Great won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1981.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brett on November 08, 2021

This is my second Robert K. Massie book after "Nicholas and Alexandra." I really like the way he writes his books as they read like a history textbook and a novel meshed together. Again the author covers a lot of material related to Peter the Great and gives relevant information without going off to......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on August 26, 2022

It All Starts with Peter. All Russian leaders since 1725 have looked to Peter the Great, whether 19th Century autocrats, Soviet dictators or modern politicians. The benchmark seems to be set with him. But who was this almost mysterious figure, who transformed Russia from a medieval backwater to a maj......more

Goodreads review by rmn on August 21, 2011

If you read just one book on Peter the Great, this should be it. If you read two books on Peter the Great, let me know how the other one turns out (just kidding, there are probably other good books on Peter the Great, but none likely as well written as this one). This book succeeds not just because......more

Goodreads review by Micah on June 08, 2022

53rd book of 2022 Massie's biography of Peter the Great is absolutely wonderful. I had read very little about Peter the Great up until this point, and I found this to be a great jumping-off point to start diving into more specific aspects of Peter the Great's life and times. One thing I found very in......more

Goodreads review by Lubinka on May 18, 2019

Robert K. Massie won my heart with his book about Catherine the Great, so I definitely had to read the one about Peter as well. I cannot believe that I postponed it for so long. This will be one of the best books I've read this year. Massie writes in a clear and concise manner, spicing up the story......more

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