Background
Englund was born in Boden and studied a preparatory course for the caring professions for two years and then humanistic subjects for another two years in secondary school.
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Swedish historian Peter Englund's vivid account of the three violent days of the battle of Poltava relives the drama from the viewpoint of the ordinary man in the defeated Swedish army. His narrative looks beyond national politics and the tactics of the commanders: it addresses wider issues of humanity--the suffering, slaughter, and enslavement. The book is an indictment of the savagery of war, and the forces that cause them. Bibliographic references, comments.
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La batalla de Poltava en 1709 marca el nacimiento del Imperio ruso de Pedro el Grande. En 1700, el zar, de acuerdo con Dinamarca, Sajonia y Polonia, decidió acabar con la hegemonía sueca del norte de Europa. Cuando estas fuerzas internacionales consiguieron derrotar a las tropas del rey Carlos XII en Poltava, Ucrania, empezó el principio del declive y colapso del Imperio sueco y el ascenso de Rusia. Junio de 1709. La guerra dura ya nueve largos años, y el ejército de Carlos XII sitia la ciudad de Poltava, en Ucrania. La caravana a Moscú se ha detenido, y el ejército ruso bajo las órdenes del zar Pedro está solo a cuatro kilómetros de distancia. Los suecos se han estado preparando para la batalla y las tropas, que habían estado desperdigadas por las llanuras de Ucrania, se han congregado. El plan consiste en marchar al amparo de la oscuridad y pillar a los rusos por sorpresa, pero cuando sale el sol todo el plan se desbarata.En este libro se retrata el golpe fatal, hora tras hora, la catástrofe que sesgó 10000 vidas. Se analizan las estrategias en el campo de batalla, los detalles que hacen la historia comprensible, real. A través de los diarios y cartas de los testigos, lo sucedido se llena de las voces de los que estaban allí: el general, sus sirvientes, soldados, el capellán y la viuda de un soldado?
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Englund was born in Boden and studied a preparatory course for the caring professions for two years and then humanistic subjects for another two years in secondary school.
Englund studied archaeology, history, and theoretical philosophy at Uppsala University, completing a bachelor"s degree in 1983, after which he began doctoral studies in History.
Englund writes non-fiction books and essays, mainly about history, and especially about the Swedish Empire, but also about other historical events. He writes in a very accessible style, providing narrative details usually omitted in typical books about history. His books have gained popularity and are translated into several languages, such as German and Czechoslovakian.
He was the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy from 1 June 2009 to 31 May 2015, when he was succeeded by Sara Danius.
He was then conscripted and served 15 months in the Swedish Army at the Norrbotten Regiment located in Boden. During his period as a doctoral student, he had also worked for some time for the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service ("MUST"), and the year before receiving his doctorate he had published the bestselling Poltava, a detailed description of the Battle of Poltava, where the troops of Swedish king Charles XII were defeated by the Russian army of Tsar Peter I in 1709.
On 1 June 2009 he succeeded Horace Engdahl as the permanent secretary of the Academy. In 2009, to perhaps distance himself from Engdahl, the previous Nobel secretary, Englund, "criticized the jury panel as being too "Eurocentric,"" and "told the Associated Press that it was easier for Europeans to relate to European literature.".
In December 2014 he announced his retirement from the post of secretary of the Swedish Academy and was succeeded by Sara Danius May 31, 2015.
In April 2015, the Nobel foundation announced that Peter Englund will be the permanent secretary until November 30, 2015. From December 1, 2015, Sara Danius will take Peter Englund"s place.
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He was politically active in his youth and supported the FNL. He was awarded his Doctor of Philosophy in 1989 for his dissertation Det hotade huset (English title in the dissertation abstract: A House in Peril) (1989), an investigation of the worldview of the 17th-century Swedish nobility.
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He was elected a member of the Swedish Academy in 2002.
