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Rey, Marie-Pierre,

Alexander I : the tsar who defeated Napoleon / Alexander the First Marie-Pierre Rey ; translated by Susan Emanuel. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The childhood and youth of an emperor, 1777 -1801 -- Monsieur Alexander and Catherine the Great -- "The monarch-in-training" -- A grand duke torn between greater and lesser courts -- The tsarevich at Paul I's court: 1796 -- 1801 -- The promising reign: a spirit of reform, 1801 -- 1807 -- Reformist attempts -- Reforming program: 1801 -- 1805 -- On the international stage: 1801 -- 1805 -- The Napoleonic wars, 1805 -- 1815 -- From military fiascos to the Tilsit agreements: 1805 -- 1807 -- The time of the French alliance: 1807 -- 1812 -- Between domestic reforms and military preparations: 1807 -- 1812 -- 1812: the duel of the emperors -- A European tsar: 1813 -- 1815 -- An increasingly conservative reign, 1815 -- 1825 -- Mystic exaltation, reformist aspiration, and conservative practice: 1815 -- 1820 -- Russian diplomacy in the "European system": 1815 -- 1825 -- Twilight: 1820 -- 1825 -- By way of epilogue: the Feodor Kuzmich mystery.


Translated from the French.

ISBN: 9781609090654 1609090659 0875804667 9780875804668

Subjects--Personal Names:
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825.
Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1801-1825

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Emperors--Russia--Biography.
Empereurs--Russie--Biographies.
Emperors

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Russia--History--Alexander I, 1801-1825.
Russie--Histoire--1801-1825 (Alexandre Ier)
Russia

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: DK191 / .R4913 2012eb

Dewey Class. No.: 947/.072092 B