This is a biography of Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia (1672 - 1725) who was a ruler of phenomenal energy and vision who made it his mission to bring Russia into the mainstream of European life. Avid for every kind of knowledge, simple in his personal tastes, he was highly militaristic and utterly ruthless in the pursuit of power.
- ISBN10 0241122503
- ISBN13 9780241122501
- Publish Date 28 September 1989 (first published 8 September 1987)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 22 October 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Hamish Hamilton Ltd
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 400
- Language English