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Peter the Great: His Life and His World
de Massie, Robert K
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394500326
- ISBN 13
- 9780394500324
- Librería
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Newport, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
USA: Alfred A Knopf, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Hardcover in Very Good Condition. No Jacket. 24 pages of photographs, 8 in color and 13 maps. Heavy, solid volume in black cloth, gilt titled on spine; very clean, cover rubbed, corners gently compressed, edges faintly rubbed. Solid, tight, square. Rough cut. Endpaper maps of Europe in the time of Peter the Great (1672-1725) in front and of A Plan of the City of St. Petersburg in back. Internals are clean, no markings, no creases--in Fine condition. A biography of the notorious Russian ruler that examines his background and accomplishments, detailing the armed conflicts during his reign and scrutinizing his transformation of medieval Russia into modern Russia. Robert Massie brings alive the medieval world of Peter's birth and the very different Russia that his energy, genius and ruthlessness shaped. 909 pages with Bibliography, Notes and Index. 6.75 x 10 inches. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1980. Priority and International shipping may require extra postage.
Sinopsis
Robert K. Massie was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and studied American history at Yale and European history at Oxford, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. He was president of the Authors Guild from 1987 to 1991. His books include Nicholas and Alexandra, Peter the Great: His Life and World (for which he won a Pulitzer Prize for biography) , The Romanovs: The Final Chapter, Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War, Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea, and Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman .
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 022354
- Título
- Peter the Great: His Life and His World
- Autor
- Massie, Robert K
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394500326
- ISBN 13
- 9780394500324
- Editorial
- Alfred A Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- USA
- Fecha de publicación
- 1980
- Tamaño
- 4to - over 9? - 12" tall
- Palabras clave
- PETER THE GREAT, EMPEROR OF RUSSIA, 1672-1725; RUSSIAN HISTORY; KINGS AND RULERS; TSARS;
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Biography. Autobiography;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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