Peter the Great

About this eBook

Author

Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879

Credits

E-text prepared by Al Haines

Language

English

LoC Class

DK: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Russia, Former Soviet Republics, Poland

Subject

Russia -- History -- Peter I, 1689-1725

Category

Text

eBook-No.

21889

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21889

Release Date

June 21, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PORTRAIT OF PETER THE GREAT. — Makers of History — Peter the Great — BY
2. 2.JACOB ABBOTT — WITH ENGRAVINGS — NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1902 — PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.ENGRAVINGS. — PORTRAIT OF PETER . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece . — THE ESCAPE — MENZIKOFF SELLING HIS CAKES — PETER AMONG THE SHIPPING — PETER TURNING EXECUTIONER — MAP OF THE RUSSIAN AND SWEDISH FRONTIER — STRATAGEMS OF THE SWEDES — SITUATION OF ST. PETERSBURG — FLIGHT OF THE KING OF SWEDEN — THE EMPRESS CATHARINE — THE CZAR'S VISIT TO ALEXIS IN PRISON — PETER THE GREAT. — CHAPTER I. — THE PRINCESS SOPHIA. — 1676-1684 — CHAPTER II. — THE PRINCESS'S DOWNFALL. — 1684-1869 — The escape. — CHAPTER III. — THE CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH OF PETER. — 1677-1688 — CHAPTER IV. — LE FORT AND MENZIKOFF. — 1689-1691 — Menzikoff selling his cakes. — CHAPTER V. — COMMENCEMENT OF THE REIGN. — 1691-1697 — CHAPTER VI. — THE EMPEROR'S TOUR. — 1697 — Peter among the shipping. — CHAPTER VII. — CONCLUSION OF THE TOUR. — 1697 — CHAPTER VIII. — THE REBELLION. — 1698 — Peter turning executioner. — CHAPTER IX. — REFORMS. — 1700-1701 — CHAPTER X. — THE BATTLE OF NARVA. — 1700-1701 — Map of the Russian and Swedish frontier. — CHAPTER XI. — THE BUILDING OF ST. PETERSBURG. — 1700-1704 — Stratagems of the Swedes. — Situation at St. Petersburg. — CHAPTER XII. — THE REVOLT OF MAZEPPA. — 1708 — CHAPTER XIII. — THE BATTLE OF PULTOWA. — 1709 — Flight of the King of Sweden. — CHAPTER XIV. — THE EMPRESS CATHARINE. — 1709-1715 — The Empress Catharine. — CHAPTER XV. — THE PRINCE ALEXIS. — 1690-1716 — CHAPTER XVI. — THE FLIGHT OF ALEXIS. — 1717 — CHAPTER XVII. — THE TRIAL. — 1717-1718 — CHAPTER XVIII. — THE CONDEMNATION AND DEATH OF ALEXIS. — 1718 — The Czar's visit to Alexis in prison. — CHAPTER XIX. — CONCLUSION. — 1719-1725

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