Ivan the Terrible (Paperback)

from everfresh1

So fascinating subject and so boring and dry book! There got to be better books about Ivan the Terrible. I got through the end but It took some effort (and I am used to academic research).

from santhony

Don't pick up this volume with the hope of entertaining reading. Only buy this book if you are doing serious research on Ivan or Russia in the time of the first Tsar. While I stuck with it to the finish (I almost never quit a book), it was far more challenging than I bargained for. The author thr...

from setnahkt

Not to be confused with Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, or Boris Good Enough. From the “regional history” wish list. Naturally, I had heard the name, but didn't know much about him. At the same time England was enjoying the Renaissance and the Elizabethan Age (Ivan was born in 1530 and died...

from Shrike58

How to tell the history of a difficult man when the sources you have are fragmentary at best? To a large degree the author does so by way of examining the extant diplomatic correspondence, and then interpolating from there. Considering that Ivan's focus was on foreign affairs, and most everything...