Author: N.K. Shilder
Title: Imperator Aleksandr Pervyi. Ego zhizn i tsarstvovaniye. 4 volumes,
Description: 436+408+569+653. Leather HB, expertly restored, covers slightly scuffed. Countless (partly coloured) illustrations.S.-Peterburg 1897-1898. 1st edition. Educated by the Swiss LaHarpe in cynical atheism, Aleksandr fell for the exalted mysticism of Mme. De Krudener. Equipped to support the French revolution, he became the Nemesis of Napoleon, the revolution’s embodiment. Having gained the reputation of the Liberator of Europe, at the moment of the battle at Waterloo, he was in his hotel room, reading the Bible. So, what Winston Churchill said of Russia, can also be said of this Russian Tsar: a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma

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