Peter the Great Hardcover - 1986
by Diane Stanley
In this reissue of her acclaimed picture-book biographies, Stanley captures the fabulous world of tsarist Russia and the greatness of its larger-than-life leader whose spirit, impatience and vision brought Russia into the modern world. Full-color illustrations.
From the rear cover
Peter the Great, crowned tsar of Russia at the age of ten, believed that whatever he wanted he should have -- and the sooner the better. What he wanted most was to bring his beloved country into the modem world. He traveled to the West to learn European ways -- the first tsar ever to leave Russia -- disguised as a common soldier.
He explored the West with excitement and curiosity and returned home ready to undertake a series of momentous social reforms. And to satisfy his boyhood dream of a Russian naval port, he began to build, on a freezing swamp, a glittering new capital to be named St. Petersburg.
In this welcome reissue of Diane Stanley's acclaimed picturebook biography, her meticulously researched text and sumptuous illustrations capture the fabulous world of seventeenth -- and eighteenth-century tsarist Russia and the greatness of its larger-than-life leader -- a man of huge stature and tremendous spirit whose impatience and vision, insatiable curiosity and boundless energy transformed half a continent.
Details
- Title Peter the Great
- Author Diane Stanley
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First American E
- Pages 32
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins, Fairfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 1986-08
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9780688167080 / 068816708X
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 11 x 8.8 x 0.4 in (27.94 x 22.35 x 1.02 cm)
- Ages 04 to 08 years
- Grade levels P - 3
- Reading level 920
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 17th Century
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Kings, queens, rulers, etc, Peter - Juvenile literature
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98045250
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
Citations
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/1999, Page 159
- Ingram Advance, 08/01/1999, Page 33
- Publishers Weekly, 08/23/1999, Page 61
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