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Alexander I
Author | : Marie-Pierre Rey |
Publsiher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2012-11-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781609090654 |
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Alexander I was a ruler with high aspirations for the people of Russia. Cosseted as a young grand duke by Catherine the Great, he ascended to the throne in 1801 after the brutal assassination of his father. In this magisterial biography, Marie-Pierre Rey illuminates the complex forces that shaped Alexander's tumultuous reign and sheds brilliant new light on the handsome ruler known to his people as "the Sphinx." Despite an early and ambitious commitment to sweeping political reforms, Alexander saw his liberal aspirations overwhelmed by civil unrest in his own country and by costly confrontations with Napoleon, which culminated in the French invasion of Russia and the burning of Moscow in 1812. Eventually, Alexander turned back Napoleon's forces and entered Paris a victor two years later, but by then he had already grown weary of military glory. As the years passed, the tsar who defeated Napoleon would become increasingly preoccupied with his own spiritual salvation, an obsession that led him to pursue a rapprochement between the Orthodox and Roman churches. When in exile, Napoleon once remarked of his Russian rival: "He could go far. If I die here, he will be my true heir in Europe." It was not to be. Napoleon died on Saint Helena and Alexander succumbed to typhus four years later at the age of forty-eight. But in this richly nuanced portrait, Rey breathes new life into the tsar who stood at the center of the political chessboard of early nineteenth-century Europe, a key figure at the heart of diplomacy, war, and international intrigue during that region's most tumultuous years.
Imperial Legend
Author | : Alexis S. Troubetzkoy |
Publsiher | : Arcade Publishing |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Russia |
ISBN | : 1559706082 |
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Caught up in the personal and political maelstrom between his domineering grandmother Catherine the Great and his highly neurotic and volatile father, Paul I, Alexander came to the throne as a result of a coup mounted against his father in March 1801. Alexander was devastated when the takeover turned violent and his father was assassinated.".
Alexander I Emperor of Russia Or A Sketch of His Life
Author | : Hannibal Evans Lloyd |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 608 |
Release | : 1826 |
Genre | : Russia |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105041484283 |
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Alexander I
Author | : Alan Palmer |
Publsiher | : Faber & Faber |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2014-06-12 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780571305872 |
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As Alan Palmer himself writes in his preface, 'Alexander 1, ruler of Russia for the first quarter of the nineteenth century, is remembered today mainly on three counts: as the Tsar who refused to make peace with the French when Moscow fell in 1812; as the idealist who sought to bind Europe's sovereigns in a Holy Alliance in 1815; and as the Emperor who died - or gave the impression of having died - at the remote southern seaport of Taganrog in the winter of 1825. Recent interest has concentrated , perhaps excessively, on the third of these dramatic episodes akthough it is natural that the epic years of the struggle with Napoleon should continue to excite the historical imagination.' He has been dubbed 'The Enigmatic Tsar'. There are many contrasting opinions of him. Thomas Jefferson declared 'A more virtuous man, I believe, does no exist, nor one who is more enthusiastically devoted to better the condition of mankind. Castlereagh thought well of him, too, but both Metternich and Napoleon considered him inconsistent and untrustworthy. And Pushkin famously described him as 'a Sphinx who carried his riddle with him to the tomb.' an assessment even more piquant if it is true, as some maintain, his tomb in empty. With his customary blend of meticulous scholarship and agreeable writing, Alan Palmer provides the most balanced and engaging portrait imaginable. 'A pleasure to read and unlikely to be replaced for many years' Philip Ziegler, The Times 'Excellent . . . a major biographical achievement, a notable contribution to our understanding of this still enigmatic monarch' Robert Blake, Spectator
Alexander Who s Not Do You Hear Me I Mean It Going to Move
Author | : Judith Viorst,Ray Cruz |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2012-04-24 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781442463189 |
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When Alexander feels mad or dad he wants to move to Australia. But most of the time he likes it right where he is. So when his mom and dad say that they're moving a thousand miles away, Alexander decides that he's not going. Never, Not ever. No way. Uh uh. N.O. For how can he leave his best friend or his favorite sitter or Seymour the cleaners? he'd rather stay and live in a tree house or cave. And even though Nick calls him puke-face and Anthony says he's immature, he's not (Do you hear me? I mean it!) going to move.
Alexander i emperor of Russia or a sketch of his life and reign
Author | : Hannibal Evans Lloyd |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1826 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OXFORD:600010750 |
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Life and Times of Alexander I Emperor of All the Russias
Author | : F. R. Grahame |
Publsiher | : London : Tinsley Bros. |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1875 |
Genre | : ALEXANDER I, EMPEROR OF RUSSIA,1777-1825 |
ISBN | : OXFORD:600075431 |
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Life and Times of Alexander I Emperor of All the Russians
Author | : C. Joyneville |
Publsiher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 2024-02-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9783385363427 |
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.