Peter

The works of Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoy a truly multi-faceted: the master science-fiction prose, Creator of the beloved fairy tale "the Golden key", the author of the epic "the ordeal" and numerous novels, short stories and plays. The key that unites the diversity of stories in the works of Tolstoy were the subject of Russia. Reflections on its meaning and imbued the novel "Peter the First" is the best example of the genre of the historical novel in the Soviet literature. Tolstoy is carefully studied documentary sources, but said that "the historical novel can't be written in the form of a chronicle." In the center of the novel is the image of Peter the great, ruler of a vast country which has a strong and stubborn character and enforce its decisions.