The Battle That Shook Europe
Subtitle: Poltava and the Birth of the Russian Empire
Publisher: I. B. Tauris
Published: November 29, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781860648472
Subjects: Battles & campaigns; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; c 1700 to c 1800; History: World; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; History; History - General History; Poltava, Battle of, Poltava, U; Russia; Sweden; King of Sweden,; Military - Other; Modern - 18th Century; History / Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union); Europe - General; XII,; 1682-1718; Charles; Poltava, Battle of, Poltava, Ukraine, 1709
First sentence: The war had been raging for nine long years.