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Monumentální práce o celoživotním úsilí největšího cara Ruska mapuje soudobé Rusko a Evropu. Petr Rusko změnil navždy - po něm už nikdy nebylo jako dřív, v dobrém, ani ve zlém. Génius s nejlepšími úmysly, ale i krutý člověk, neváhající obětovat svým plánům vlastního syna. Petr otevřel okno do Evropy, ale také do Evropy přivedl nového hráče, svou vlast.

Robert K. Massie, renomovaný historik a publicista, nositel Pulitzerovy ceny, přichází s dalším titulem o velkých ruských vládcích. Tentokrát nás provede osudy německé princezny Sofie, která se stala jednou z nejvýznamnějších panovnic osvíceného 18. století. Ano, řeč je o současnici Marie Terezie a Josefa II. – carevně Kateřině Veliké. Autor strhujícím způsobem vypráví o osudech mladičké princezny Sofie až po její přeměnu v mocnou panovnici největšího státu světa. Nevyhýbá se Kateřininým strastem v manželství s Petrem III. a neopomene zmínit ani intriky a pikantnosti tehdejšího carského dvora, kde se za chybu někdy platilo i životem. Často můžeme nahlédnout pod pokličku děje, autor nám totiž pomocí historických deníků zmiňovaných osob (kromě Kateřiny je zde citován záhadný Potěmkin, či Kateřinin manžel Petr III.) dává prohlédnout jejich myšlenky a tužby. „Byla to dlouhá a pozoruhodná cesta, kterou si nikdo, ani ona sama (Kateřina), nedovedla představit, když se ve čtrnácti vydala do zasněženého Ruska.“

The thundering battles on the high seas during World War I are explored by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Dreadnaught." Photo insert.

A gripping chronicle of the personal and national rivalries that led to the twentieth century’s first great arms race, this work by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie showcases his rare talent for capturing extraordinary lives. He vividly portrays a cast of influential figures, including the determined Admiral von Tirpitz, the ambitious Winston Churchill, the cunning Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow, Britain’s esteemed foreign secretary Sir Edward Grey, and the innovative Admiral Jacky Fisher, who transformed the British navy with the H.M.S. Dreadnought. Their intertwined stories reflect an era marked by misunderstandings and missed opportunities, unfolding like a Greek tragedy in a powerful narrative. The book is both intimate and dramatic, presenting history in its most riveting form. Praise highlights its grand storytelling, with Time noting it as history shaped by individuals, while the Chicago Sun-Times calls it a classic that superbly encapsulates an entire era through its captivating characters. The Wall Street Journal commends Massie's grand scale and masterful historical portraiture, and the Los Angeles Times praises his evocative detail in nautical themes, making this work a compelling exploration of a pivotal moment in history.

The compelling quest to solve a great mystery of the twentieth century: the ultimate fate of Russia's last tsar and his family. In July 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow grave near Ekaterinburg, Siberia, a few miles from the infamous cellar where the last tsar and his family had been murdered seventy-three years before. Were these the bones of the Romanovs? If so, why were the bones of the two younger Romanovs missing? Was Anna Anderson, celebrated in newspapers, books, and film, really Grand Duchess Anastasia? This book unearths the truth. Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie presents a colourful panorama of contemporary characters, illuminating the major scientific dispute between Russian experts and a team of Americans, whose findings – along with those of DNA scientists from Russia, America, and the UK – all contributed to solving one of history's most intriguing mysteries.

The story of the love that ended an empire. In this commanding book, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of Imperial Russia to tell the story of the Romanovs’ lives: Nicholas’s political naïveté, Alexandra’s obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis’s brave struggle with hemophilia. Against a lavish backdrop of luxury and intrigue, Massie unfolds a powerful drama of passion and history—the story of a doomed empire and the death-marked royals who watched it crumble.

Lev and Svetlana, kept apart for fourteen years by the Second World War and the Gulag, stayed true to each other and exchanged thousands of secret letters as Lev battled to survive in Stalin's camps. This book tells the story of two young Russians whose love survived Stalin's Gulag.

Severely disabled after contracting polio as a baby in working class Liverpool, Bert Massie found himself wondering as a boy why disabled people were expected to adapt to the world around them, and not the other way round. In his teens he began to campaign for rights for disabled people, and having battled his way through prejudice and the education system to become a Bachelor of Arts and a qualified social worker, he became a prominent figure in the fight for fair treatment for disabled people leading to the ground breaking Disability Discrimination Act. He went on to serve as Chairman of the Disability Rights Commission and became a founding commissioner of the subsequent Equality and Human Rights Commission. His extraordinary achievements were recognised by the award of an OBE, then a CBE and finally, in 2007, a knighthood. This is his remarkable and engaging story, completed by his wife Maureen and friends after his death in October 2017.

Żywy opis postaci i wydarzeń... mistrz gawędziarstwa... w tym rodzaju historycznego pisarstwa wątpię, by Massie miał sobie równego. Paul Kennedy, Los Angeles Time Book Reviev