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Titre: The Battle That Shook Europe
Condition: Neuf
Sous titres: Poltava and the Birth of the Russian Empire
ISBN-10: 1780764766
EAN: 9781780764764
ISBN: 9781780764764
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Format: Poche
Date de publication: 2013-02-12
Description: 'This victory', exulted Peter the Great, 'has laid the final stone in the foundations of St Petersburg!' The Battle of Poltava, 1709, marks the birth of the Tsar's vast Russian Empire. In 1700, seeking to open Russian trade routes to the West, the Tsar combined with Denmark, Saxony and Poland to attack Swedish hegemony in the North. Against the odds, King Charles XII of Sweden subdued the hostile coalition for nearly a decade, but in 1708 took his fatal decision to march for Moscow. His defeat at Poltava, in the Ukraine, proved the turning-point of the Great Northern War, heralding the collapse of the Swedish Empire and the rise of Russia, the effects of which would be felt for almost three hundred years. Swedish historian Peter Englund's vivid account of the three violent days of battle is an internationally acclaimed classic of military history, admired by scholars and the lay reader alike.
Sujet: Anglais
Pays/Région de fabrication: GB
Item Height: 216
Item Length: 138.00
Poids: 320g
Auteur: Peter Englund
Genre: Law & Politics
Sujet: History
Année de publication: 2013

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