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Napoleon And Alexander I

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Author : Alexander C. Niven
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978

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Alexander I

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Author : Marie-Pierre Rey
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2012-11-15

Alexander I written by Marie-Pierre Rey and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

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.

Alexander I Of Russia

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Author : Leonid Ivan Strakhovsky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1949

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Napoleon And Alexander I 1811 1815

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Author : Marion Rose Lemke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1939

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The War Of The Two Emperors

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Author : Curtis Cate
language : en
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Release Date : 1985

The War Of The Two Emperors written by Curtis Cate and has been published by Random House (NY) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Offers incisive portraits on the indecisive Tsar Alexander I and the brilliant but vain napoleon, their calamitous confrontation, the dissolution of the great French army.

Alexander Of Russia

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Author : Henri Troyat
language : en
Publisher: Grove Press
Release Date : 2002

Alexander Of Russia written by Henri Troyat and has been published by Grove Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

In Paris and London, the crowds hailed him as the man who had conquered Napoleon, as the liberator of Europe, and as a benevolent, enlightened monarch. At home he came to be feared as a reactionary, oppressive autocrat in a country where millions of serfs were still treated as little more than personal property. A grandson of Catherine the Great, a conspirator in the assassination of his own father, and an idealistic and ineffective participant at the Congress of Vienna, Alexander was torn all his life between his liberal illusions and the hard realities of autocratic Russia. In a brilliant biography of one of the most unorthodox of Russia's tsars, Henri Troyat -- winner of the Prix Populiste and the coveted Prix Goncourt -- delivers a masterful portrait of Europe during a momentous period in its modern history. [Troyat's] broad-brush narrative restores to center stage important personalities and their interplay in the politics of the era. -- James H. Billington, The New York Times Book Review [A] briskly moving, richly illustrated, flesh-and-blood portrait. -- Publishers Weekly Troyat's biography of Alexander ... turns out to be more enthralling than most of the novels I've read lately. -- Pamela Marsh, The Christian Science Monitor

Alexander I

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Author : Alan Palmer
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2014-06-12

Alexander I written by Alan Palmer and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-12 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

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 Napoleon Jos Phine Druk 1

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-04-21

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In 2015, as the Battle of Waterloo is commemorated throughout Europe, the Hermitage Amsterdam will turn the clock back to the decisive years that preceded Waterloo, the days of Napoleon Bonaparte and two exceptional and very different contemporaries: Tsar Alexander I, his friend and enemy, and Joséphine, the love of his life. After arriving at the Hermitage Amsterdam, on 11 March, Napoleon’s iconic death mask was removed from its case and placed in the exhibition. It will be exhibited alongside more than 200 art treasures and historical objects at the Hermitage Amsterdam.00Exhibition: Hermitage Amsterdam, The Netherlands (28 March – 8 November 2015).

Napoleon And Russia

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Author : Michael Adams
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-04-09

Napoleon And Russia written by Michael Adams and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-09 with History categories.

Napoleon and Russia tells, for the first time, the full story of Napoleon and his crucial relationship with Russia, from the 1790s and Bonaparte's rise to power, through the period of Austerlitz, Tilsit and the Russian invasion, to the Emperor's fall and its aftermath. In doing so, it not only puts the critical events of 1812 in their proper context as part of an even greater tale - of peace as well as war, friendship as well as enmity - but also provides fresh insight into the Napoleonic period as a whole, questioning many of the assumptions about the era prevalent in the English-speaking world. The tale boasts a cast of fascinating characters to rival any novel: the rulers, Napoleon himself, Catherine the Great, 'Mad' Tsar Paul and the enigmatic Alexander I; generals such as Ney, Murat, Davout, Suvorov, Kutuzov and Barclay de Tolly; statesmen like Talleyrand, Caulaincourt, Czartoryski and Rumiantsev; and, of course, the ordinary soldiers who fought some of the most intriguing, bloody and important campaigns in history. This is an enthralling story of fundamental importance in the history of Europe and, indeed, the world.

Historical Memoirs Of The Emperor Alexander I And The Court Of Russia

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Author : Sophie de Tisenhaus comtesse de Choiseul-Gouffier
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1904

Historical Memoirs Of The Emperor Alexander I And The Court Of Russia written by Sophie de Tisenhaus comtesse de Choiseul-Gouffier and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1904 with Russia categories.