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As Alan Palmer himself writes in his preface, 'Alexander 1, ruler of Russia for the first quarter of the nineteenth century, is remembered today ...Show synopsisAs Alan Palmer himself writes in his preface, 'Alexander 1, ruler of Russia for the first quarter of the nineteenth century, is remembered today mainly on three counts: as the Tsar who refused to make peace with the French when Moscow fell in 1812; as the idealist who sought to bind Europe's sovereigns in a Holy Alliance in 1815; and, as the Emperor who died - or gave the impression of having died - at the remote southern seaport of Taganrog in the winter of 1825. Recent interest has concentrated, perhaps excessively, on the third of these dramatic episodes although it is natural that the epic years of the struggle with Napoleon should continue to excite the historical imagination'. He has been dubbed 'The Enigmatic Tsar'. There are many contrasting opinions of him. Thomas Jefferson declared 'A more virtuous man, I believe, does no exist, nor one who is more enthusiastically devoted to better the condition of mankind'. Castlereagh thought well of him, too, but both Metternich and Napoleon considered him inconsistent and untrustworthy. And Pushkin famously described him as 'a Sphinx who carried his riddle with him to the tomb'. An assessment even more piquant if it is true, as some maintain, his tomb in empty. With his customary blend of meticulous scholarship and agreeable writing, Alan Palmer provides the most balanced and engaging portrait imaginable. 'A pleasure to read and unlikely to be replaced for many years' - Philip Ziegler, "The Times". 'Excellent...a major biographical achievement, a notable contribution to our understanding of this still enigmatic monarch' - Robert Blake, "Spectator".Hide synopsis
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Description:Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. 978-0060-13264-4. Marfree,...Very Good+ in Fair dust jacket. 978-0060-13264-4. Marfree, acidfree NrFine 1st US Ed perf-bound in full brown cloth, sienna endpapers, unclipped illus dj has edgewear & few chips of 1" or less, maps + 23 illus; superclean remainder--no names, not marked-in, underscored or discard. Mails from NYC usually within 12 hours.; 487 pages; Tsar of all Russia during the tumultuous years when the European order was turned topsyturvy by Napoleon, Alexander I earned a reputation as an idealistic muddlehead among his contemporaries, such no-nonsense political realists as Metternich, Talleyrand and Castlereagh. It is a point of view largely shared by Palmer in this meticulously scholarly biography of a man whose vision always exceeded his grasp. Injected with a heady dose of liberal ideas by his grandmother, Catherine the Great, and his Swiss tutor La Harpe, Alexander dreamed of emancipating the serfs and giving Holy Russia a constitution. Ruler of the most autocratic and militaristic of states, Alexander wanted to bestow liberty on Poland (which had been partitioned off the map by his grandmother) and peace and brotherly love on all. When at the close of the Napoleonic wars Alexander presented the statesmen of Europe with the Holy Alliance which proposed to regulate international politics by the principles of Christian love, the diplomats were understandably embarrassed, uneasy and cynical. As he grew older Alexander became more and more mystically inclined; the grand projects with which he filled his reveries were stillborn. Russia remained administratively backward, repressive and unenlightened and his own popularity, once vast, dimmed. As Palmer puts it, "He was a holy ikon refusing to work its miracle. " It is perhaps unfortunate that Palmer devotes so much of the book to the well-charted diplomatic and military maneuvers of the period without bothering to fully penetrate the irresolute, emotional, guilt-ridden but oddly likable character of Alexander I whose aborted liberal fancies were to have such far-reaching repercussions on Russian history. (Kirkus Reviews)
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