John T. Alexander
Autore di Catherine the Great: Life and Legend
Sull'Autore
Opere di John T. Alexander
Russian Monarchy Set 1 copia
Opere correlate
Peter the Great Transforms Russia (Problems in European Civilization) (1707) — Collaboratore — 88 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1940-01-18
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Istruzione
- Wesleyan, Connecticut (B.A., 1961)
Indiana (M.A., 1963)
Indiana (Ph.D., 1966) - Attività lavorative
- Professor of History and Soviet and East European Studies, University of Kansas
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Potrebbero anche piacerti
Autori correlati
Statistiche
- Opere
- 5
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 460
- Popolarità
- #53,419
- Voto
- 3.2
- Recensioni
- 5
- ISBN
- 9
Catherine ruled from 1762-1796. She corresponded with philosophes, expanded Russian boundaries and influence, and introduced a number of reforms, which didn’t last much longer than her reign. In her free time, Catherine had a succession of lovers. She has fascinated historians and popular culture.
John Alexander published his study of Catherine’s impact on Russia in 1989. It’s an academic, scholarly work. Alexander’s research is prodigious. His need to share everything understandable. The book is well worth reading. But I suggest reading it in small doses. It’s the kind of book to pick up and digest before putting it down again. I started it in January and have now finished in August.
Alexander chronicled an important period in Russian and European history, but he didn’t write a social, intellectual or personal history. Readers won’t learn much about individuals or social movements. But they will learn what happened when, and that’s not a bad result.… (altro)