Peter the Great

The work of Alexei Nikolayevich Tolstoy is truly multifaceted: a master of scientific and fantastic prose, the creator of the beloved fairy tale "Golden Key", the author of the epic "walking through the torments" and numerous stories, stories and plays. The key, uniting the variety of plots, in Tolstoy"s work was the theme of Russia. Reflections on its purpose will also penetrate the novel "Peter the Great" - the best example of the genre of the historical novel in Soviet literature. Tolstoy carefully studied documentary sources, but said that a historical novel could not be written in the form of a chronicle. In the center of the novel is the image of Peter I, the ruler of a huge country who has a strong and stubborn character and achieves the execution of his decisions