01553nam a2200217 4500 385195 385195 20080702d1968 y0pory50 ba eng The life and times of Peter the Great general ed. Enzo Orlandi, text by Giancarlo Buzzi trad. [from the italian] Ben Johnson Feltham Paul Hamlyn 1968 75 p. il. 29 cm Portraits Of Greatness Early Russia: an oriental despotism. A Boisterous capital. The Romanovs: a new dynasty. A disputed succession. Europe in miniature. Dissolute companions and a bride. Peter's mock court. Plots and counterplots. Living a grand scale. Russian's first fleet. Old Russia scandalized: Peter's journey abroad. A burning thirst for knowledge. A hasty return home. Massacre of the Strieltsy. Shorn beards and shorted clothes. Founding the Russian Academy. Charles XII: lion of the north. The czar does not give up. The founding of St. Petersburg. A city built by force of will. A grim family drama. The undoing of Charles XII. The cossacks switch sides. A decisive victory. Catherine, a wise adviser. Marriage and peace. A fruitless journey. Death of Alexis. Peter proclaimed "The Great". Russia becomes a Baltic power. The table of ranks. A window onto Europe. Death of Peter. The price of reform. BIOGRAFIA 410448 RÚSSIA 336656 BUZZI Giancarlo 354864 Oferta 0 PJ_4_000000000000000_C_18 2022-06-06 PJVAR548 415561 PJ PJ PJ1VAR548 PJ4.C.18 2022-06-06 0 MO Oferta