Peter, the Revolutionary Tsar (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Peter B. Putnam
- First Published: 1973
- Time of Work: 1672–1725
- Setting: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Poland, Holland, France, and England
- Principal Characters: Peter Romanov, Alexis I, Natalia Naryshkin, Ivan Romanov, Eudoxia Lopukhin, Alexis Romanov, Catherine Skavronsky, Sophia Romanov, Fyodor Romanov, Alexander Menshikov
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Family or family life, Parents and children, Europe or Europeans, Marriage, War, Seventeenth century, Kings, queens, or royalty, Biography, Russia or Russian people, Diplomacy or diplomats
- Locales: France, England, Moscow, Russia, Poland, Holland, St. Petersburg, Russia
Form and Content
Peter B. Putnam’s Peter, the Revolutionary Tsar is much more than simply the life story of an interesting and influential historical figure. Putnam attempts, with some success, to re-create for his readers a time and place far removed from modern Western society. Without the author’s careful explanations, most readers would never understand the primitive nature of Russian society during Peter the Great’s life, the superstition that dominated the lives of his contemporaries, the harshness of the Russian climate, or the many other factors that made...
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