Des Herrn Peter Heinrich Bruce, eines ehemaligen Officiers in preussischen, russischen und grossbritannischen Diensten, Nachrichten von seinen Reisen in Deutschland, Russland, die Tartarey, Türkey, Westindien u.s.f. : nebst geheimen Nachrichten von Peter dem Ersten Czar von Russland. /
Bruce, Peter Henry,1692-1757.
Leipzig, : bey Johann Friedrich Junius.,
1784..
The author was a descendant of Scottish emigrants who had settled in Westphalia. He startied his military career as a boy in the Prussian army where he was commisioned at age 16. He exchanged into the Russian service, where he served Peter the Great. He took diplomatic mail to Constantinople, travelled down the Volga and later accompanied the czar to Persia. In 1724 he returned to Scotland and in 1740 he worked as a military adviser in the Bahamas. His memoirs break off in 1745, when he was fortifying Berwick against the "Pretender". He originally wrote his memoirs in his native German, and then translated them into English. They were first published in 1782 and translated back into German in 1784.
The author was a descendant of Scottish emigrants who had settled in Westphalia. He startied his military career as a boy in the Prussian army where he was commisioned at age 16. He exchanged into the Russian service, where he served Peter the Great. He took diplomatic mail to Constantinople, travelled down the Volga and later accompanied the czar to Persia. In 1724 he returned to Scotland and in 1740 he worked as a military adviser in the Bahamas. His memoirs break off in 1745, when he was fortifying Berwick against the "Pretender". He originally wrote his memoirs in his native German, and then translated them into English. They were first published in 1782 and translated back into German in 1784.
Peter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725
Germany Leipzig.