Peter the Great by Jacob Abbott

Jacob Abbott was a prolific American author best known for his makers of history series, a collection of biographies on some of the most important figures in history such as Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Genghis Khan, and many others.

This is Abbott's biography on Peter the Great, the Tsar of Russia who greatly expanded the Russian Empire in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. A table of contents is included.