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Alexander I (Profiles in Power)
by Janet M. Hartley
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group (1994-03)
ISBN: 0582052599
EAN: 9780582052598
Dewy Decimal #: 947.072092
Textbook Binding: 256 pages
SKU: 40530
Condition: Good
Comments: THE SOFTBACK BOOK! LONGMAN, 1994. THE UNABRIDGED EDITION. SOFTCOVER BOOK AND PAGES ARE IN GREAT CONDITION. Rapid shipping w/FREE tracking. GREAT PACKAGING . Air Mail. YW.
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Customer Reviews
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Alexander I in the Profile in Power series?
Rating  (5)
Date: 2006-03-27
That would place him in the company of Churchill, Hitler, Lincoln (I think), and Elizabeth I in this series of books. Is this the same Alexander I, the Blessed, the great dissimulator?
Actually the author presents a rather strong case for this tsar's use of power in a short and concise book that includes maps (!), a superb bibliography, and a chronology.
He grew into a "power" when engaged with Napoleon, which was probably the most fascinating part of this reign.
This historian's take follows this life precisely, so the end of the book leaves one with the same downer as does the early end of Alexander's life.
Indirectly, it is suggested that the real power involved here was the negative impact Alexander ultimately had on the house of Romanov.
Criticism? It did not seem the author wrote with the passion for the subject as seen in other books. But maybe it is okay for a historian to display a sort of clinical viewpoint.
A book that adds to the body of work on this tsar that is well worth finding.
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