This victory, exulted Peter the Great, has laid the final stone in the foundations of St Petersburg! The Battle of Poltava, 1709, marks the birth of the Tsars vast Russian Empire. In 1700, seeking to open Russian trade routes to the West, the Tsar combined with Denmark, Saxony and Poland to attack Swedish hegemony in the North. Against the odds, King Charles XII of Sweden subdued the hostile coalition for nearly a decade, but in 1708 took his fatal decision to march for Moscow. His defeat at Poltava, in the Ukraine, proved the turningpoint of the Great Northern War, heralding the collapse of the Swedish Empire and the rise of Russia, the effects of which would be felt for almost three hundred years. Swedish historian Peter Englunds vivid account of the three violent days of battle is an internationally acclaimed classic of military history, admired by scholars and the lay reader alike.

Binding: Paperback;288 pages; Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Classification: N/A; Weight: 457.47 g; Dimensions: N/A

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