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Peter the Great: A Biography

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YALE University Press, Apr 1, 2004 - Biography & Autobiography - 285 pages
This is the definitive short biography of Russia's dramatic, appealing, and unconventional Tsar Peter the Great. The book provides new insights into Peter's enigmatic character, his remarkable fantasy world, and his personal relationships, along with intriguing discussions of how painters and sculptors portrayed him and how he is remembered to the present day.

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Fascinating story of a stark historical figure, and quite a tall one at that. Peter the Great was close to 7' tall! This was a must-read in anticipation of our upcoming trip to Russia. Read full review

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Peter the Great: A Biography
Peter the Great: A Biography. By Lindsey Hughes. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. Pp. xvii, 285. $29.95.) ...
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Lindsey Hughes, Peter the Great. A Biography
Lindsey Hughes, Peter the Great. A Biography (New Haven & London, Yale University Press, 2002, 285 p., ISBN 0-300-09426-4, € 35,75) ...
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JSTOR: Peter the Great: A Biography
Peter the Great: A Biography. By Lindsey Hughes. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002. xviii, 285 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Plates. Maps. ...
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Peter I of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peter the Great: A Biography. New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2002 (hardcover, ISBN 0-300-09426-4); 2004 (paperback, ISBN 0-300-10300-X). ...
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Professor Lindsey Hughes | Times Online Obituary
In the 1990s, Hughes wrote two admired studies of the age, Russia in the Age of Peter the Great (1998) and Peter the Great: A Biography(2002), both of which ...
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Peter the Great - Hughes, Lindsey - Yale University Press
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Janet M. Hartley - In Memoriam: Lindsey Hughes (1949-2007 ...
Lindsey Hughes, Russia in the Age of Peter the Great (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998); and Hughes, Peter the Great: A Biography (New Haven: Yale ...
muse.jhu.edu/ journals/ kritika/ v008/ 8.3hartley.html

Peter the Great
Peter the Great: A Biography. New Heaven: Yale University Press, 2002. 'Peter the Great.' History Learning Site. March 2002: 2 pages. 24 April 2005 . ...
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Chicago Journals - The Journal of Modern History
Peter the Great: A Biography . By Lindsey Hughes. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2002. Pp. xvii+285. $29.95. Paul Bushkovitch. Yale University ...
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Reform from Above: Russia in the Reign of Peter the Great, 1682-1725
use on detailed topic work) is Hughes, Peter the Great. A Biography (Yale UP, 2002). For. shorter surveys, see also James Cracraft, The Revolution of Peter ...
www.ssees.ac.uk/ course_units/ CUPeter.pdf

About the author (2004)

Lindsey Hughes is professor of Russian history at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London.

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