Петр Первый

Description "Peter I" is rightfully considered one of the best historical novels. This book was a phenomenal success in Russia and Russian diaspora. The historical concept of Alexei Tolstoy has caused controversy and objections for many years, and the artistic power of the novel is convincing and attractive to many generations of readers. From a series of Streltsy riots, from the twilight of Byzantine inertia, the figure of an impetuous 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 the cheerful swell of the Baltic. The dormant forces of the people, squeezed by boyar inertia and poor corners, are melted into the seething energy of the “chicks of Petrov’s nest.” The reforging of Russia takes place in unison with the formation of an iron failure under the walls of Azov towards a great victory near the impregnable Narva.

“Peter I” splashes with love of life, captivates with an abundance of precise details, and fascinates with its linguistic plasticity.