Anthony Cross

Peter the Great Through British Eyes

Perceptions and Representations of the Tsar Since 1698

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explains how the British have responded to Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, since 1698.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9780521782982
• ISBN-10: 0521782988
• Artikelnr.: 23182497

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Prologue to a visit
2. Peter in England, January-April 1698
3. British reactions to the reigning Peter, 1698-1725
4. Consolidation of a myth, 1726-1761
5. The shadow of the bronze horseman, 1761-1801
6. The testament of Peter the Great and British views of the tsar in the nineteenth century
7. Peter on the British stage
8. The British contribution to Petrine iconography
Epilogue.