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Peter the Great: His Life and World
Author: Robert K. Massey
Referenced in 2 episodes
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May 21, 2025
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Referenced multiple times as a major source for the episode. Dominic describes it as 'about 20,000 pages long' and 'one of the most capacious and incredibly readable, swashbuckling story' that covers both Peter the Great and Charles XII.
September 09, 2024
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Referenced as 'his biography of Peter the Great' - discussed Russian attitudes toward beards and Peter the Great's beard tax