So much has been written about Peter the Great—about him as a great Russian emperor, a ruler of a Europe-wide scale, a reformer who changed Russia’s very face and made it a truly great power. Daniel Granin’s book adds missing strokes to the vivid portrait of the emperor. It is an outspoken account of the personality of Peter the Great and of love. What kind of man he was, how he built relationships with his loved ones, how he endured inner wounds, which women he loved—everything is found in Daniel Granin’s novel, which masterfully explores the emperor’s inner world and moral qualities.
Earlier, the book was published under the title “Evenings with Peter the Great.”