Russia in the age of Peter the Great / Lindsey Hughes
1998, 1st Edition. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #355335
ISBN: 0300075391
Physical description: xxix, 602 pages: illustrations, map; 25 cm. Contents: 1. Beginnings -- 2. Russia and the world, 1696-1725 -- 3. The Russian military machine -- 4. Government -- 5. The economy -- 6. Peter's people -- 7. St. Petersburg and the arts -- 8. The Petrine court -- 9. Education and learning -- 10. Religion -- 11. Peter: man, mind and methods -- 12. Family factors -- 13. Friends and helpers -- 14. Responses. Subjects: Peter I, Emperor of Russia 1672-1725. Russian history. Russian Rulers.
Price: €14.95