About the Author

Lindsey Hughes is professor of Russian history at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London.

Reviews

"Thanks to Hughes' beautifully written...book, for the first time the English-speaking reader is provided with a sufficiently full and just account of the events and institutions of Peter's reign to allow...judgements to be attempted...Her work will without doubt long remain the standard text." Nikolai Tolstoy, Literary Review "A balanced and absorbing account of Peter and his times." Robin Buss, Independent on Sunday "The most comprehensive study of Petrine Russia available in English." Richard Pipes, The New Republic "Hughes has produced such a comprehensive, scholarly and fluently written study of this horrific, complex man and his fascinating times that no one will need to revisit the subject for decades to come." Andrew Roberts, Mail on Sunday "A superbly comprehensive survey of the Petrine era...Hughes writes in a crisp, factual, scholarly manner...She has a fine eye for significant detail, as well as the grand themes...The contemporary relevance of this splendid piece of history needs no underlining." George Walden, The Daily Telegraph "The scope and source materials of this survey put it into a class by itself...The value of this book is its tremendous wealth of information and its fascinating presentation of existing scholarship. Its clear prose makes it accessible to those without prior knowledge of Russian history." Choice

All of the important topics about the single individual who did more to affect the course of imperial Russian history than any other are covered here in remarkable detail: Peter the Great's establishment of Russia as a military power with his victory in the Great Northern War; his creation of the Table of Ranks, the basis of Russia's famous bureaucracy; his Westernization campaign. Hughes, a professor of Russian history at the University of London, leaves no stone unturned as she describes how Peter attempted to "modernize" Russia. But while she notes in her introduction that she had access to previously unopened Russian archives, it's unclear what the details Hughes has gleaned from these archives have added to our overall knowledge about Peter. For the general reader, the best parts of the book come buried in the last section, where Hughes departs from her emphasis on the Petrine age and focuses on the more personal aspects of this 6' 7" man. Peter's fascinating private life‘most of his 14 children died at a very young age, and he most likely helped his heir die by ordering his torture‘shows that political scandal and intrigue is nothing new. Scholars and students of Russian history will welcome this encyclopedic work; those looking for a popular introduction would be better off trying Robert Massie's Peter the Great. (Sept.)

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