Peter the Great and Marlborough : Politics and Diplomacy in Converging Wars

## List of Maps Preface A Note on Sources Vll 235 236 \*The correct spelling. Whitworth, unfamiliar with Russian in any case, was influenced by his experience in the Empire, where 'w' was pronounced 'v'. Staff College (1904) on the army in Marlborough's times goes into instructive detail for this aspect of society in the military field. Front Matter....Pages i-xi The Road to Moscow....Pages 1-11 England and Russia....Pages 12-28 Two Wars in Europe....Pages 29-45 Whitworth in Moscow....Pages 46-60 The Year of Altranstädt....Pages 61-78 Failure of a Mission, 1707–8....Pages 79-94 Military Decisions Closer....Pages 95-110 Malplaquet and Poltava, 1709....Pages 111-130 Changing Europe....Pages 131-147 Turning Point: West....Pages 148-164 Turning Point: East....Pages 165-185 Utrecht....Pages 186-198 Tønningen and Adrianople, 1713....Pages 199-215 Daniel Defoe and the Northern War....Pages 216-234 Back Matter....Pages 235-247