The Gunmaker of Moscow, Novel

by Sylvanus Cobb Jr.

Part of the American Series of Famous Fiction. Historical fiction about Peter I of Russia.

"The Gunmaker of Moscow" is Sylvanus Cobb, Jr.'s most famous book, and has become a classic among stories.

136 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1856

About the author

Sylvanus Cobb, Jr. (June 5, 1823 – July 20, 1887) was an American writer of popular fiction during the mid-19th century. His work was published in the New York Ledger, The Flag of Our Union, The Weekly Novelette, Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, and elsewhere.

Cobb published under various pseudonyms:

Austin Burdick[5]
Charles Castleton[7]
Col. Walter B. Dunlap[5]
Enoch Fitzwhistler[7]
Dr. J.H. Robinson[5]
Dr. S. LeCompton Smith[5]
Symus, the Pilgrim[7]
Amos Winslow, Jr.[7]

Reviews

[Jack Heath]

Synopsis: a Russian armorer falls in love with a young duchess in the late 1600s. Murders, plots and Peter the Great all play a role.