false 2852265 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Bestseller by the author of DREADNOUGHT.
Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great, one of the most extraordinary rulers in history. Impetuous and stubborn, generous and cruel, tender and unforgiving, a man of enormous energy and complexity, Peter the Great is brought fully to life in this exceptional biography.]]> 130363 15 2731382 book 1980 Peter the Great total:495|5:227|4:172|3:73|2:8|1:4| 495 2115 748 89 40882 4.19 2434 365 33407692 974210 860849 0345298063 9780345298065 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178972104m/860849.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178972104s/860849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/860849.Peter_the_Great_His_Life_and_World 4.40 25 The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Bestseller by the author of DREADNOUGHT.
Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great, one of the most extraordinary rulers in history. Impetuous and stubborn, generous and cruel, tender and unforgiving, a man of enormous energy and complexity, Peter the Great is brought fully to life in this exceptional biography.]]> 1980 5 3 false Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 22:39:04 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 22:51:30 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 47776462 2064885 860849 0345298063 9780345298065 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178972104m/860849.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178972104s/860849.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/860849.Peter_the_Great_His_Life_and_World 4.27 495 The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Bestseller by the author of DREADNOUGHT.
Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great, one of the most extraordinary rulers in history. Impetuous and stubborn, generous and cruel, tender and unforgiving, a man of enormous energy and complexity, Peter the Great is brought fully to life in this exceptional biography.]]> 1980 4 0 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Feb 28 06:23:28 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 07:15:59 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 73673323 1677868 130363 1842121162 9781842121160 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814m/130363.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814s/130363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130363.Peter_the_Great 4.26 384 1980 4 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 06 16:09:41 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 16:10:00 -0700 2009
This book examines in consider...more...]]> 34572007 1592541 130363 1842121162 9781842121160 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814m/130363.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814s/130363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130363.Peter_the_Great 4.27 495 1980 5 2 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Oct 05 09:10:09 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 09:12:45 -0700 2008 3 Can one book capture the complexity of the people, the country and their first truly great leader who dragged the country kicking and screaming into the heart of European geopolitics?
Yes. This is the book. One...more...]]> 46686162 1746878 1425297 0345336194 9780345336194 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183487648m/1425297.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183487648s/1425297.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1425297.Peter_the_Great 4.22 51 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.]]> 1980 4 0 false Tue Feb 17 16:56:49 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 17:04:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 58838553 72206 2852265 0349104611 9780349104614 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2852265.Peter_the_Great 4.00 7 The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Bestseller by the author of DREADNOUGHT.
Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great, one of the most extraordinary rulers in history. Impetuous and stubborn, generous and cruel, tender and unforgiving, a man of enormous energy and complexity, Peter the Great is brought fully to life in this exceptional biography.]]> 1980 4 0 false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 05:27:38 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 05:31:44 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 52203309 2161449 130363 1842121162 9781842121160 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814m/130363.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814s/130363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130363.Peter_the_Great 4.27 495 1980 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Apr 10 11:01:35 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 11:03:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 8205427 165482 130363 1842121162 9781842121160 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814m/130363.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814s/130363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130363.Peter_the_Great 4.27 495 1980 3 0 false Sun May 10 18:37:20 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 24 18:53:26 -0700 2007 Sun May 10 18:37:20 -0700 2009
Things are heating up! Peter is about to kill his son!

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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.]]> 1980 5 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Mon Sep 21 09:01:16 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 09:03:47 -0700 2009 Peter was truly Great, not ...more...]]> 58195107 2359731 130363 1842121162 9781842121160 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814m/130363.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814s/130363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130363.Peter_the_Great 4.27 495 1980 4 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Tue Jun 02 11:24:42 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 11:29:56 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 73626034 2702413 130363 1842121162 9781842121160 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814m/130363.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814s/130363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130363.Peter_the_Great 4.27 495 1980 4 0 false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 08:56:05 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 15:37:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 47406041 2060743 130363 1842121162 9781842121160 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814m/130363.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814s/130363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130363.Peter_the_Great 4.27 495 1980 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 14:02:16 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 14:08:06 -0800 2009 48540447 1923893 130363 1842121162 9781842121160 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814m/130363.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814s/130363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130363.Peter_the_Great 4.27 495 1980 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sat Mar 07 16:04:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 16:06:19 -0800 2009 42394013 1867648 130363 1842121162 9781842121160 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814m/130363.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814s/130363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130363.Peter_the_Great 4.27 495 1980 5 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Thu Jan 08 16:10:57 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 16:15:20 -0800 2009 44390482 1945947 130363 1842121162 9781842121160 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814m/130363.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814s/130363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130363.Peter_the_Great 4.27 495 1980 5 0 false Mon Jan 26 08:17:01 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 08:17:53 -0800 2009 46686010 2035392 130363 1842121162 9781842121160 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814m/130363.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814s/130363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130363.Peter_the_Great 4.27 495 1980 5 0 false Tue Feb 17 16:54:51 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 16:56:09 -0800 2009 54860454 1892475 1425297 0345336194 9780345336194 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183487648m/1425297.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183487648s/1425297.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1425297.Peter_the_Great 4.27 495 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.]]> 1980 4 0 false Sun May 03 22:35:42 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 22:38:54 -0700 2009 43926602 1927396 130363 1842121162 9781842121160 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814m/130363.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814s/130363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130363.Peter_the_Great 4.27 495 1980 5 0 false Thu Jan 22 08:35:36 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 08:36:40 -0800 2009 20238502 1086167 130363 1842121162 9781842121160 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814m/130363.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814s/130363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130363.Peter_the_Great 4.27 495 1980 4 0 false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Tue Apr 15 13:47:21 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 22 18:37:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 67261609 163617 130363 1842121162 9781842121160 70 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814m/130363.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171992814s/130363.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/130363.Peter_the_Great 4.27 495 1980 5 0 false Thu Aug 13 11:33:20 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 11:34:11 -0700 2009 riveting read and for 800 pages, its a nice little compact pocket book.]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2852265