{"product_id":"2940016751788","title":"The History Of Peter The Great, Emperor Of Russia","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  CHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      I. Description of Russia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     II. Continuation of the description of Russia, population,\u003cbr\u003e           finances, armies, customs, religion: state of Russia before\u003cbr\u003e           Peter the Great.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    III. The ancestors of Peter the Great.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     IV. John and Peter. Horrible Sedition among the Strelitzes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      V. Administration of the princess Sophia. Extraordinary quarrel\u003cbr\u003e           about religion. A conspiracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VI. The reign of Peter the First.--Beginning of the grand\u003cbr\u003e          reformation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VII. Congress and Treaty with the Chinese.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VIII. Expedition to the Palus Mæotis; conquest of Azoph.--The czar\u003cbr\u003e           sends young gentlemen into foreign countries for improvement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     IX. Travels of Peter the Great.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      X. A conspiracy punished.--The corps of strelitzes abolished,\u003cbr\u003e           alterations in customs, manners, church, and state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XI. War with Sweden.--The battle of Narva.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XII. Resources after the battle of Narva. That disaster entirely\u003cbr\u003e           repaired. Peter gains a victory near the same place. The\u003cbr\u003e           person who was afterwards empress made prisoner at the\u003cbr\u003e           storming of a town. Peter's successes. His triumph at Moscow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIII. Reformation at Moscow.--Further successes.--Founding of\u003cbr\u003e           Petersburg.--The czar takes Narva, \u0026amp;c.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XIV. Peter the Great keeps possession of all Ingria, while Charles\u003cbr\u003e           XII. is triumphant in other places.--Rise of\u003cbr\u003e           Menzikoff.--Petersburg secured.--The czar executes his\u003cbr\u003e           designs notwithstanding the victories of the king of Sweden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XV. While Peter is strengthening his conquests, and improving the\u003cbr\u003e           police of his dominion, his enemy Charles XII. gains several\u003cbr\u003e           battles: gives laws to Poland and Saxony, and to Augustus,\u003cbr\u003e           notwithstanding a victory gained by the Russians.--Augustus\u003cbr\u003e           resigns the crown, and delivers up Patkul, the czar's\u003cbr\u003e           ambassador.--Murder of Patkul, who is sentenced to be broke\u003cbr\u003e           upon the wheel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XVI. Attempts made to set up a third king of Poland.--Charles XII.\u003cbr\u003e           sets out from Saxony with a powerful army, and marches through\u003cbr\u003e           Poland in a victorious manner.--Cruelties committed.--Conduct\u003cbr\u003e           of the czar.--Successes of the king of Sweden, who at length\u003cbr\u003e           advances towards Russia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XVII. Charles XII. crosses the Boristhenes, penetrates into the\u003cbr\u003e           Ukraine, but concerts his measures badly.--One of his armies\u003cbr\u003e           is defeated by Peter the Great: he loses his supply of\u003cbr\u003e           provisions and ammunition: advances forward through a desert\u003cbr\u003e           country: his adventures in the Ukraine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVIII. Battle of Pultowa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XIX. Consequences of the battle of Pultowa.--Charles XII. takes\u003cbr\u003e           refuge among the Turks.--Augustus, whom he had dethroned,\u003cbr\u003e           recovers his dominions.--Conquests of Peter the Great.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XX. Campaign of Pruth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXI. Conclusion of the Affairs of Pruth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXII. Marriage of the czarowitz.--The marriage of Peter and Catherine\u003cbr\u003e           publicly solemnized.--Catherine finds her brother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIII. Taking of Stetin.--Descent upon Finland.--Event of the year\u003cbr\u003e           1712.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXIV. Successes of Peter the Great.--Return of Charles XII. into his\u003cbr\u003e           own dominions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXV. State of Europe at the return of Charles XII. Siege of\u003cbr\u003e           Stralsund.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXVI. New travels of the czar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXVII. Continuation of the Travels of Peter the Great.--Conspiracy of\u003cbr\u003e           baron Gortz.--Reception of the czar in France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXVIII. Of the return of the czar to his dominions.--Of his politics\u003cbr\u003e           and occupations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXIX. Proceedings against prince Alexis Petrowitz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXX. Works and establishments in 1718, and the following years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXXI. Of the trade of Russia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXII. Of the laws.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXXIII. Of Religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXIV. The congress of Aland or Oeland. Death of Charles XII., \u0026amp;c. The\u003cbr\u003e           treaty of Nystadt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXXV. Conquests in Persia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXXVI. Of the Coronation of the Empress Catherine I. and the Death of\u003cbr\u003e           Peter the Great.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         Original Pieces Relative to this History:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         Sentence pronounced against the Czarowitz Alexis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         The Peace of Nystadt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         Ordinance of the Emperor Peter I. for the crowning of the\u003cbr\u003e           Empress Catherine.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146818437360,"sku":"2940016751788","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016751788","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}