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Described as 'a brilliant book by Lindsay Hughes, which is all about Peter the Great and his times, where she talks a lot about Peter's reforms.' Later referenced again when discussing Peter's collection of 'freaks and monsters' and when quoting historian Mikhail Pogodin.

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Described as 'a wonderful historian of Peter the Great, a biographer' who documented the Prince of Denmark's visit to Peter's lodgings and the terrible stench from the room