Peter the Great
by Jacob Abbott
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Chapters (38)
- Peter the Great
- JACOB ABBOTT
- WITH ENGRAVINGS
- NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1902
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- ENGRAVINGS.
- PORTRAIT OF PETER . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece. THE ESCAPE MENZIKOFF SELLING HIS CAKES PETER AMONG THE SHIPPING PETER TURNING EXECUTIONER MAP OF THE RUSSIAN AND SWEDISH FRONTIER STRATAGEMS OF THE SWEDES SITUATION OF ST. PETERSBURG FLIGHT OF THE KING OF SWEDEN THE EMPRESS CATHARINE THE CZAR'S VISIT TO ALEXIS IN PRISON
- PETER THE GREAT.
- CHAPTER I. THE PRINCESS SOPHIA. 1676-1684
- CHAPTER II. THE PRINCESS'S DOWNFALL. 1684-1869
- The escape.
- CHAPTER III. THE CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH OF PETER. 1677-1688
- CHAPTER IV. LE FORT AND MENZIKOFF. 1689-1691
- Menzikoff selling his cakes.
- CHAPTER V. COMMENCEMENT OF THE REIGN. 1691-1697
- CHAPTER VI. THE EMPEROR'S TOUR. 1697
- Peter among the shipping.
- CHAPTER VII. CONCLUSION OF THE TOUR. 1697
- CHAPTER VIII. THE REBELLION. 1698
- Peter turning executioner.
- CHAPTER IX. REFORMS. 1700-1701
- CHAPTER X. THE BATTLE OF NARVA. 1700-1701
- Map of the Russian and Swedish frontier.
- CHAPTER XI. THE BUILDING OF ST. PETERSBURG. 1700-1704
- Stratagems of the Swedes.
- Situation at St. Petersburg.
- CHAPTER XII. THE REVOLT OF MAZEPPA. 1708
- CHAPTER XIII. THE BATTLE OF PULTOWA. 1709
- Flight of the King of Sweden.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE EMPRESS CATHARINE. 1709-1715
- The Empress Catharine.
- CHAPTER XV. THE PRINCE ALEXIS. 1690-1716
- CHAPTER XVI. THE FLIGHT OF ALEXIS. 1717
- CHAPTER XVII. THE TRIAL. 1717-1718
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE CONDEMNATION AND DEATH OF ALEXIS. 1718
- The Czar's visit to Alexis in prison.
- CHAPTER XIX. CONCLUSION. 1719-1725
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