Author:
Rey, Marie-Pierre.
Imprint:DeKalb, IL : NIU Press, [2012]
Descriptionxiv, 439 p : port. ; 24 cm
Note:The childhood and youth of an emperor, 1777 -1801 -- Monsieur Alexander and Catherine the Great -- "The monarch-in-training" -- A grand duke torn between greater and lesser courts -- The tsarevich at Paul I's court: 1796 - 1801 -- The promising reign: a spirit of reform, 1801 - 1807 -- Reformist attempts -- Reforming program: 1801 - 1805 -- On the international stage: 1801 - 1805 -- The Napoleonic wars, 1805 - 1815 -- From military fiascos to the Tilsit agreements: 1805 - 1807 -- The time of the French alliance: 1807 - 1812 -- Between domestic reforms and military preparations: 1807 - 1812 -- 1812: the duel of the emperors -- A European tsar: 1813 - 1815 -- An increasingly conservative reign, 1815 - 1825 -- Mystic exaltation, reformist aspiration, and conservative practice: 1815 - 1820 -- Russian diplomacy in the "European system": 1815 - 1825 -- Twilight: 1820 - 1825 -- By way of epilogue: the Feodor Kuzmich mystery.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [422] -434) and index.
