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A review by realbooks4ever
Peter the Great: Part 1 by Frederick Davidson, Robert K. Massie
3.0
I started reading the lengthy PETER THE GREAT: HIS LIFE AND WORLD, written by Robert K. Massie, not knowing much about the Czar of Russia. At first I thought, what a wonderful man – he seeks knowledge traveling the world! By the end of the book all I thought was why does he hate Sweden so much?
The first third was interesting. Massie writes a bit about Russia before Peter’s birth and then his young manhood. The second third was bogged down by military maneuvers. The rest of the book tells of Peter’s zealous attitude towards truth, justice, and fidelity to the Czar. He had no qualms about sending former friends, and even his son, to be tortured and executed in the most horrific of ways.
I found the narrator of the audiobook to have an irritating voice. What may be a British accent resulted in the pronunciation of “Tatars” sounding like “ta-tas”, which I couldn’t help but laugh at every time I heard it!
On to CATHERINE THE GREAT!
The first third was interesting. Massie writes a bit about Russia before Peter’s birth and then his young manhood. The second third was bogged down by military maneuvers. The rest of the book tells of Peter’s zealous attitude towards truth, justice, and fidelity to the Czar. He had no qualms about sending former friends, and even his son, to be tortured and executed in the most horrific of ways.
I found the narrator of the audiobook to have an irritating voice. What may be a British accent resulted in the pronunciation of “Tatars” sounding like “ta-tas”, which I couldn’t help but laugh at every time I heard it!
On to CATHERINE THE GREAT!