Alexander I (Profiles in Power) - Softcover

Hartley, Janet M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0582052599 ISBN 13: 9780582052598

Publisher: Longman Pub Group, 1994

Synopsis

Much of Alexander's reign (1801--25) was spent in the titanic struggle with Napoleon. His defeat left the triumphant tsar the dominant figure in continental Europe, promoting a new political vision ultimately embodied in the Holy Alliance. But Alexander's chief bequest to Russia itself was the enduring, and disastrous, alienation of the educated elite from the imperial regime. This absorbing reassessment of his strange and contradictory character -- reformer in precept, reactionary in practice -- finds him more consistent than his reputation, but shows how circumstances fatally limited his freedom of action.

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Review:

'This is a concise, well-documented and level-headed study which challenges some of our existing preconceptions about Alexander I, and will prove useful both to undergraduates and scholars.'History'This is a wonderfully successful book offering an ably done and remarkably complete summary of the modern literature xxx; and an insightful interpretation of its significance'The Russian Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Longman Pub Group
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0582052599
• ISBN 13: 9780582052598
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256