Peter the Great
Mass Market
Random House Publishing Group · Paperback · January 12, 1986
"Enthralling...As fascinating as any novel and more so than most!" THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia, unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great.
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- Who it’s for
- A sweeping historical read that balances explanation, momentum, and a little bite.
- Genres
- Russian History, Royal Lives, 18th-Century History
- Published
- Random House Publishing Group, January 12, 1986
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"Enthralling...As fascinating as any novel and more so than most!" THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia, unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great. He brought Russia from the darkness of its own Middle Ages into the Enlightenment and transformed it into the power that has its legacy in the Russia of our own century.
Why It Clicks
A sweeping historical read that balances explanation, momentum, and a little bite.
Come here for
- Big-canvas history with classroom usefulness
- Edgy, readable cultural context
Expect
- Sustained narrative arc
- Insight alongside immersion
Where it sits
| Royal Lives | 63% |
|---|---|
| 18th-Century History | 49% |
| Russian History | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- Military Lives
- Political Lives
- Authors
- Robert K. Massie
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- January 12, 1986
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Lives in History