E. Guslyarov’s two-volume book “Peter the Great in Life” is dedicated to the 350th anniversary of Emperor Peter and continues the series of his “Biographical Chronicles”; in terms of genre, it is a systematic collection of autobiographical notes, memoirs of contemporaries and documents of the era. For the first time, this book contains everything that eyewitnesses of his deeds and actions were able to tell. From those of historical proportions to the most intimate. From these tales comes the most vivid and reliable biography of the great man. After its release, we can safely say that secrets and blind spots in the biography of Peter the Great no longer exist. The author would like to express his greatest gratitude to the employees of the Russian State Library (formerly Lenin) and the Russian Historical Library, who for several years allowed the author access to the collections of rare books and helped in finding the most unique publications on the topic. Contains obscene language.