Peter the Great

By Abbott, Jacob

Book Id: WPLBN0002952689
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Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	Peter the Great
Author:	Abbott, Jacob
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non-fiction, History, Biography
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Peter the Great
Historic Publication Date:	1902
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Abbott, B. J. (1902). Peter the Great. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.cc/

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There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russian civilization. The celebrity, however, of the great Muscovite sovereign among young persons is due in a great measure to the circumstance of his having repaired personally to Holland, in the course of his efforts to introduce the industrial arts among his people, in order to study himself the art and mystery of shipbuilding, and of his having worked with his own hands in a ship-yard there. The little shop where Peter pursued these practical studies still stands in Saardam, a ship-building town not far from Amsterdam. The building is of wood, and is now much decayed; but, to preserve it from farther injury, it has been incased in a somewhat larger building of brick, and it is visited annually by great numbers of curious travelers. The whole history of Peter, as might be expected from the indications of character developed by this incident, forms a narrative that is full of interest and instruction for all. (from the Preface of Peter the Great )

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

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History, Biography