Alexander I : the tsar who defeated Napoleon / Marie-Pierre Rey ; translated by Susan Emanuel.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: DeKalb, Ilinois : Northern Ilinois University Press, [2012]Copyright date: �2012Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
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- 0875804667
- 9780875804668
- Alexander the First
- Alexandre Ier. English
- 947/.072092 B 23
- DK191 .R4913 2012eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translated from the French.
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.
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