george on Nostr: And finally, Peter the Great by Massie. A wonderful window into a completely alien ...
And finally, Peter the Great by Massie. A wonderful window into a completely alien world. One anecdote: when some troops revolted, Peter systematically tortured all of them to death over several months, and was personally there for much of it. He wasn’t a sadist and took no pleasure in it - he felt he had to do it and that it was his duty. Try to imagine a world where you felt the right thing to do was to spend months torturing thousands of people to death.
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