'This victory'; exulted Peter the Great; 'has laid the final stone in the foundations of St Petersburg!' The Battle of Poltava; 1709; marks the birth of the Tsar's vast Russian Empire. In 1700; seeking to open Russian trade routes to the West; the Tsar combined with Denmark; Saxony and Poland to attack Swedish hegemony in the North. Against the odds; King Charles XII of Sweden subdued the hostile coalition for nearly a decade; but in 1708 took his fatal decision to march for Moscow. His defeat at Poltava; in the Ukraine; proved the turning-point of the Great Northern War; heralding the collapse of the Swedish Empire and the rise of Russia; the effects of which would be felt for almost three hundred years. Swedish historian Peter Englund's vivid account of the three violent days of battle is an internationally acclaimed classic of military history; admired by scholars and the lay reader alike.
#294032 in Books Norton Elizabeth 2017-07-04 2017-07-04Original language:English 9.30 x 1.50 x 6.50l; #File Name: 1681774402416 pagesThe Hidden Lives of Tudor Women A Social History
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great researchBy TexasTVery good and well researched. Just wish there was a little more "secrets" but I know she could only come up with what she could research.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Patricia Gage-PlataVery good account of history and the footnotes are informative.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy brokencliffvery well narrated but the story is too sad since women's life was the same in those days.
