Author: John MottleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The History of the Life of Peter the First, Emperor of Russia
Author: John MottleyIn the Land of the Romanovs
Author: Anthony CrossPublisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 1783740574
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Over the course of more than three centuries of Romanov rule in Russia, foreign visitors and residents produced a vast corpus of literature conveying their experiences and impressions of the country. The product of years of painstaking research by one of the world’s foremost authorities on Anglo-Russian relations, In the Lands of the Romanovs is the realization of a major bibliographical project that records the details of over 1200 English-language accounts of the Russian Empire. Ranging chronologically from the accession of Mikhail Fedorovich in 1613 to the abdication of Nicholas II in 1917, this is the most comprehensive bibliography of first-hand accounts of Russia ever to be published. Far more than an inventory of accounts by travellers and tourists, Anthony Cross’s ambitious and wide-ranging work includes personal records of residence in or visits to Russia by writers ranging from diplomats to merchants, physicians to clergymen, gardeners to governesses, as well as by participants in the French invasion of 1812 and in the Crimean War of 1854-56. Providing full bibliographical details and concise but informative annotation for each entry, this substantial bibliography will be an invaluable tool for anyone with an interest in contacts between Russia and the West during the centuries of Romanov rule.
An Historical Account of the British Trade Over the Caspian Sea
Author: Jonas HanwayPublisher: London : sold by Dodsley ; Cornhill [Eng. : sold by] Willock
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Peter the Great Through British Eyes
Author: Anthony CrossPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521782982
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Peter the Great's visit to England in the first months of 1698 has been called 'the most picturesque episode in the history of Anglo-Russian relations', and lives on most vividly in popular memory for the devastation caused at Sayes Court, John Evelyn's house and garden in Deptford. Recent celebrations of the tercentenary of that visit have refocused attention on the most famous of Russian tsars, but the story of Britain's love-hate relationship with him over the intervening centuries has never before been told. This study analyses changing British reactions to Peter in an extremely wide variety of printed sources - newspapers and journals, letters and collections of anecdotes, histories and biographies, novels, poems and plays. A final innovative chapter is devoted to images of the tsar as interpreted by British painters from Godfrey Kneller to Daniel Maclise, and by a whole cohort of engravers, illustrating biographies and travel accounts.
Changing Russia
Author: Stephen GrahamPublisher:
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Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Travels in Circassia, Krim-tartary, &c
Author: Edmund SpencerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Black Sea
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden
Author: Sir Robert Ker PorterPublisher: Hardpress Publishing
ISBN: 9781406976724
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!
Travels Into Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark
Author: William CoxePublisher:
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Category : Denmark
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
Author: Mary SeacolePublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Mary Seacole (1805 to 1881) was an amazing woman, in many ways way ahead of her time. She was a free black woman born in Jamaica of Scottish and Creole descent. This is her autobiographical account of her colourful and brave life. She was named 'the greatest black Briton' in 2004 and also posthumously awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit.
Author: Mrs. Vigor