num_pages: 548
description: The following Memoirs are taken from the manuscript of an officer of great merit and undoubted honour. It is immaterial to add, that they are genuine, as they bear such internal marks of authenticity, as will admit of no dispute. Any anecdotes that relate to the character of so extraordinary a personage as the Czar Peter, cannot fail of being acceptable to the reader; who will of course enjoy an additional pleasure in receiving them from the pen of a man who was in his service, and in his confidence. It is this circumstance that will render it unnecessary to apologize for any deficiency in point of style, as it is entirely disregarded in this narration, the chief merit of which consists in a strict regard to truth, without the least pretensions to embellishments.As the manuscript leaves off abruptly, in the middle of the Rebellion, in 1745, it may be necessary to mention, that the author was, about that time employed in fortifying Berwick; and after having finished that work he retired to his house in the country, where he died in the year 1757.
language: English
title: Memoirs of Peter Henry Bruce, Esq. A military officer in the services of Prussia, Russia & Great Britain. Containing an account of his Travels in Germany, ...
titlecomplete: Memoirs of Peter Henry Bruce, Esq. A military officer in the services of Prussia, Russia & Great Britain. Containing an account of his Travels in Germany, ...
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Frank Cass and Company Limited