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Bezig met laden... Histoire de l’empire de Russie sous Pierre-le-Grand (Intégral, les 2 Tomes) (French Edition)door Voltaire
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François-Marie Arouet; 21 November 1694 - 30 May 1778), known by his nom de plume Voltaire: was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and separation of church and state.Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. He was an outspoken advocate of several liberties, despite the risk this placed him in under the strict censorship laws of the time. As a satirical polemicist, he frequently made use of his works to criticize intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)947.05History and Geography Europe Russia and eastern Europe [and formerly Finland] Russian & Slavic History by Period Peter the Great 1689-1725LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.83)
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The 1769 edition contains both Parts I & II together in one volume. The book begins with an interesting rant about 'fake history' essentially criticising how numerous publishers in the 1700s were apparently paying authors to write falsified history that sold well. Rather interesting in light of today's screaming claims of 'fake news' from some corners.
After this it delves into the Russian Empire as it stood prior to Peter I's (Peter the Great) rise to power, and the machinations of Sophia Alekseyevna as she attempted to claim the throne. It then moves onto Peter I's acknowledgement of his and his countries short comings in terms of the arts, mathematics, technology (shipbuilding, etc), laws, and his tour of Europe where he went and essentially harvested the required knowledge to raise the Empire of Russia from it's rather pitiful state to a world power by the closing of his life.
Whilst the descriptions of the wars with Charles XII of Sweden, the Ottoman Empire and Persia were interesting I couldn't help but feel compared to the earlier work (The History of Charles XII) it just wasn't as good. I didn't find myself riveted to the pages as the past unfolded. There is some really good parts, but there's also quite a lot of just okay parts and some rather dull parts.
If you're interested in the history of Europe and of Russia in the late 1600s and early 1700s it is worth a read, but if you've no interest in these topics you're likely better off reading something more to your interests. (