Evenings with Peter the Great. Mr. Mr. Mr. Message M: Daniil Granin

Like any large -scale historical figure, Peter I still causes disputes and contradictory assessments. The reformer, the commander, the father of the Russian Academy, the founder of St. Petersburg, the “navigator and the carpenter” and at the same time – the cruel tyrant, the king -ghulyak, a person performed by passions and vices … The book of the classic of modern Russian literature Daniil Granin (b. 1919) reflects these fatal contradictions. However, his Peter is not Peter, Pushkin and not Peter Tolstoy. Using archival documents, the author unfolds his narrative based on the data little -known to the wide reader about the emperor’s private life. We are revealed to the inner world of the Russian autocrat at a turning point for the Fatherland, including in many respects the dramatic, intimate spheres of the king’s life, ardent and easily vulnerable in love. The hero of Granin is not only a formidable reformer who threw the country on his hind legs, but also a big child with unbridled fantasy, indefatigable curiosity and thirst for mischief. What does not detract from its meaning – the Vedas …

Author
Granin Daniil Alexandrovich
Publisher
Ig Lenizdat, 2014
Series
Lenizza-classic