A review by mimima
Peter the Great: His Life and World by Robert K. Massie

4.0

As I noted below, there is a blurb on the cover of my edition that says, "reads like an novel." I wholeheartedly agree and would argue that the novel it reads like is [b:War and Peace|656|War and Peace|Leo Tolstoy|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1413215930s/656.jpg|4912783] - you can skim the war and really delve into the peace. The threads that Massie weaves of European history, Russia, Peter's personality, his family, all well done.