Download or read book History of Russia, Vol. 1 Of 2 written by Alphonse Rabbe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-07-28 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Russia, Vol. 1 of 2: From the Foundation of the Empire by Rourick to the Close of the Hungarian War Poland to reward the assassins of her husband and satiate the cupidity of her numerous lovers; but the suppression of fact is an outrage on truth; and history is not written to please the fastidious, but to instruct posterity. There may be a criticism that condemns Tacitus - what is its value? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.