Project Gutenberg 2015-08-25 Public domain in the USA. 76 Alcock, Deborah 1835 1913 Alcock, D. The Czar: A tale of the Time of the First Napoleon Produced by MWS, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Czar: A Tale of the Time of the First Napoleon" by Deborah Alcock is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. Set against the backdrop of early 19th-century Russia during the Napoleonic Wars, the story centers around Ivan Barrinka, a young boy of noble descent who discovers his true lineage and embarks on a journey of self-discovery while navigating the complexities of class and identity in a peasant village. The narrative presents a vivid tapestry of Russian life, highlighting the struggles of serfs, noble relationships, and the spirit of the time. At the start of the tale, the village of Nicolofsky is portrayed as a typical Russian setting where serfs toil under the watchful eye of their lords, particularly Plato Zoubof, who does not tend to his land. Young Ivan, initially unaware of his noble heritage, experiences life in the village and encounters the implications of his identity in playful exchanges with his peers. The opening chapters reveal Ivan's interactions with other village children, especially the conflict over a girl named Anna, leading him to question his origins. As he learns from the village’s elder that he is the son of a great prince, Ivan's modest beginnings are juxtaposed with the grand ideas of nobility, setting the stage for his subsequent adventures and quests for meaning beyond the confines of his rural existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Historical fiction Russia -- History -- Alexander I, 1801-1825 -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 933878 933988 2024-09-20T16:04:55.316436 2023-09-21T12:23:51.041329 text/html text/html 947440 2015-08-25T13:59:52 text/html; charset=utf-8 640507 2015-08-25T13:59:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 756795 2024-09-20T16:05:10.535438 application/epub+zip 753901 2024-09-20T16:04:58.130461 application/epub+zip 497294 2024-09-20T16:04:56.694432 application/epub+zip 975528 2024-09-20T16:05:19.499451 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 857987 2024-09-20T16:05:08.912454 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 643720 2022-09-22T14:07:34.707536 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 833694 833478 2024-09-20T16:04:53.077491 2023-09-21T12:23:48.965316 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 833818 2015-08-25T13:59:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 324748 2015-08-25T13:59:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18674 2024-09-20T16:05:19.655355 application/rdf+xml 14622 2024-09-20T16:04:56.837456 image/jpeg 2595 2024-09-20T16:04:56.767447 image/jpeg 638937 2024-09-20T16:04:55.424471 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia