Петр Первый

Description "Peter I" is rightfully considered one of the best historical novels. This book was a phenomenal success in Russia and the Russian diaspora. The historical concept of Alexei Tolstoy has been controversial and objectionable for many years, and the artistic power of the novel is convincing and attractive for many generations of readers. From a series of streltsy riots, from the twilight of Byzantine inertia, the figure of an impulsive and active hero comes to the fore, capable of creating a new domestic landscape - with freshly planed ship masts, with snow-white sea clouds, with a cheerful swell of the Baltic. The dormant forces of the people, squeezed by boyar inertness and impoverished corners, are melted into the ebullient energy of the "chicks of Petrov's nest." The reforging of Russia is taking place in unison with the formation of an iron gap under the walls of Azov to a great victory near impregnable Narva.
"Peter I" sparkles with zest for life, captivates with an abundance of precise details, and fascinates with plasticity of language.