History of Friedrich II of Prussia (All 21 Volumes) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Biography of the Famous Prussian King, Called Frederick the GreatBy Thomas Carlyle
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Thomas Carlyle's History of Friedrich II of Prussia is a vast, dramatic reconstruction of the life, wars, statecraft, and European significance of Frederick the Great. Across its twenty-one volumes, the work combines military narrative, political analysis, anecdote, archival quotation, and prophetic moral commentary. Written in Carlyle's unmistakable style—energetic, ironic, digressive, and vividly pictorial—it belongs as much to Victorian literary history as to historical scholarship, standing within the nineteenth-century tradition of heroic biography and national-historical interpretation. Carlyle, the Scottish essayist, historian, and social critic, was deeply preoccupied with leadership, moral authority, work, and the fate of nations. His earlier writings, especially On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History, illuminate his attraction to Frederick as a figure of disciplined will amid political chaos. Carlyle's own anxieties about modern democracy, bureaucracy, and spiritual decline helped shape his portrait of the Prussian king as a flawed but commanding agent of order. This work is recommended to readers interested in Victorian historiography, the literary art of historical narration, and the making of modern Prussia. Though not a neutral modern biography, it remains indispensable for its intellectual force, stylistic brilliance, and insight into Carlyle's vision of history as the theatre of character, power, and destiny.
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Table of contents
1Introduction
141Chapter I. — OF SCHLESIEN, OR SILESIA.
2Introduction
142Chapter II. — FRIEDRICH MARCHES ON GLOGAU.
3Synopsis
143Chapter III. — PROBLEM OF GLOGAU.
4Historical Context
144Chapter IV. — BRESLAU UNDER SOFT PRESSURE.
5Author Biography
145Chapter V. — FRIEDRICH PUSHES FORWARD TOWARDS BRIEG AND NEISSE.
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6Volume 1
146Chapter VI. — NEISSE IS BOMBARDED.
7Book I. — BIRTH AND PARENTAGE. — 1712.
147Chapter VII. — AT VERSAILLES, THE MOST CHRISTIAN MAJESTY CHANGES HIS SHIRT, AND BELLEISLE IS SEEN WITH PAPERS.
8Chapter I. — PROEM: FRIEDRICH'S HISTORY FROM THE DISTANCE WE ARE AT.
148Chapter VIII. — PHENOMENA IN PETERSBURG.
9Chapter II. — FRIEDRICH'S BIRTH.
149Chapter IX. — FRIEDRICH RETURNS TO SILESIA.
10Chapter III. — FATHER AND MOTHER: THE HANOVERIAN CONNECTION.
150Chapter X. — BATTLE OF MOLLWITZ.
11Chapter IV. — FATHER'S MOTHER.
151Chapter XI. — THE BURSTING FORTH OF BEDLAMS: BELLEISLE AND THE BREAKERS OF PRAGMATIC SANCTION.
12Chapter V. — KING FRIEDRICH I.
152Chapter XII. — SORROWS OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY.
13Volume 2
153Chapter XIII. — SMALL-WAR: FIRST EMERGENCE OF ZIETHEN THE HUSSAR GENERAL INTO NOTICE.
14BOOK II. — OF BRANDENBURG AND THE HOHENZOLLERNS. - 928-1417.
154Volume 13
15Chapter I. — BRANNIBOR: HENRY THE FOWLER.
155BOOK XIII. — FIRST SILESIAN WAR, LEAVING THE GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE ABLAZE ALL ROUND, GETS ENDED. — May, 1741-July, 1742.
16Chapter II. — PREUSSEN: SAINT ADALBERT.
156Chapter I. — BRITANNIC MAJESTY AS PALADIN OF THE PRAGMATIC.
17Chapter III. — MARKGRAVES OF BRANDENBURG.
157Chapter II. — CAMP OF STREHLEN.
18Chapter IV. — ALBERT THE BEAR.
158Chapter III. — GRAND REVIEW AT STREHLEN: NEIPPERG TAKES AIM AT BRESLAU, BUT ANOTHER HITS IT.
19Chapter V. — CONRAD OF HOHENZOLLERN; AND KAISER BARBAROSSA.
159Chapter IV. — FRIEDRICH TAKES THE FIELD AGAIN, INTENT ON HAVING NEISSE.
20Chapter VI. — THE TEUTSCH RITTERS OR TEUTONIC ORDER.
160Chapter V. — KLEIN-SCHNELLENDORF: FRIEDRICH GETS NEISSE, IN A FASHION.
21Chapter VII. — MARGRAVIATE OF CULMBACH: BAIREUTH, ANSPACH.
161Chapter VI. — NEW MAYOR OF LANDSHUT MAKES AN INSTALLATION SPEECH.
22Chapter VIII. — ASCANIER MARKGRAVES IN BRANDENBURG.
162Chapter VII. -- FRIEDRICH PURPOSES TO MEND THE KLEIN-SCHNELLENDORF FAILURE: FORTUNES OF THE BELLEISLE ARMAMENT.
23Chapter IX. — BURGGRAF FRIEDRICH IV.
163Chapter VIII. — FRIEDRICH STARTS FOR MORAVIA, ON A NEW SCHEME HE HAS.
24Chapter X. — BRANDENBURG LAPSES TO THE KAISER.
164Chapter IX. — WILHELMINA GOES TO SEE THE GAYETIES AT FRANKFURT.
25Chapter XI. — BAYARIAN KURFURSTS IN BRANDENBURG.
165Chapter X. — FRIEDRICH DOES HIS MORAVIAN EXPEDITION WHICH PROVES A MERE MORAVIAN FORAY.
26Chapter XII. — BRANDENBURG IN KAISER KARL'S TIME; END OF THE BAVARIAN KURFURSTS.
166Chapter XI. —NUSSLER IN NEISSE, WITH THE OLD DESSAUER AND WALRAVE.
27Chapter XIII. — LUXEMBURG KURFURSTS IN BRANDENBURG.
167Chapter XII. — PRINCE KARL DOES COME ON.
28Chapter XIV. — BURGGRAF FRIEDRICH VI.
168Chapter XIII. —BATTLE OF CHOTUSITZ.
29Volume 3
169Chapter XIV. — PEACE OF BRESLAU.
30BOOK III. — THE HOHENZOLLERNS IN BRANDENBURG. - 1412-1718
170Volume 14
31Chapter I. — KURFURST FRIEDRICH I.
171BOOK XIV.—THE SURROUNDING EUROPEAN WAR DOES NOT END.—August, 1742-July, 1744.
32Chapter II. — MATINEES DU ROI DE PRUSSE.
172Chapter I.—FRIEDRICH RESUMES HIS PEACEABLE PURSUITS.
33Chapter III. — KURFURST FRIEDRICH II.
173Chapter II.—AUSTRIAN AFFAIRS ARE ON THE MOUNTING HAND.
34Chapter IV. — KURFURST ALBERT ACHILLES, AND HIS SUCCESSOR.
174Chapter III.—CARNIVAL PHENOMENA IN WAR-TIME.
35Chapter V. — OF THE BAIREUTH-ANSPACH BRANCH.
175Chapter IV.—AUSTRIAN AFFAIRS MOUNT TO A DANGEROUS HEIGHT.
36Chapter VI. — HOCHMEISTER ALBERT, THIRD NOTABLE SON OF FRIEDRICH.
176Chapter V.—BRITANNIC MAJESTY FIGHTS HIS BATTLE OF DETTINGEN; AND BECOMES SUPREME JOVE OF GERMANY, IN A MANNER.
37Chapter VII. — ALBERT ALCIBIADES.
177Chapter VI.—VOLTAIRE VISITS FRIEDRICH FOR THE FOURTH TIME.
38Chapter VIII. — HISTORICAL MEANING OF THE REFORMATION.
178Chapter VII.—FRIEDRICH MAKES TREATY WITH FRANCE; AND SILENTLY GETS READY.
39Chapter IX. — KURFURST JOACHIM I.
179Chapter VIII.—PERFECT PEACE AT BERLIN, WAR ALL ROUND.
40Chapter X. — KURFURST JOACHIM II.
180Volume 15
41Chapter XI. — SEVENTH KURFURST, JOHANN GEORGE.
181BOOK XV.—SECOND SILESIAN WAR, IMPORTANT EPISODE IN THE GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE.—15th Aug. 1744-25th Dec. 1745.
42Chapter XII. — OF ALBERT FRIEDRICH, THE SECOND DUKE OF PREUSSEN.
182Chapter I.—PRELIMINARY: HOW THE MOMENT ARRIVED.
43Chapter XIII. — NINTH KURFURST, JOHANN SIGISMUND.
183Chapter II.—FRIEDRICH MARCHES UPON PRAG, CAPTURES PRAG.
44Chapter XIV. — SYMPTOMS OF A GREAT WAR COMING.
184Chapter III.—FRIEDRICH, DILIGENT IN HIS BOHEMIAN CONQUESTS, UNEXPECTEDLY COMES UPON PRINCE KARL, WITH NO FRENCH ATTENDING HIM.
45Chapter XV. — TENTH KURFURST, GEORGE WILHELM.
185Chapter IV.—FRIEDRICH REDUCED TO STRAITS; CANNOT MAINTAIN HIS MOLDAU CONQUESTS AGAINST PRICE KARL.
46Chapter XVI. — THIRTY-YEARS WAR.
186Chapter V.—FRIEDRICH, UNDER DIFFICULTIES, PREPARES FOR A NEW CAMPAIGN.
47Chapter XVII. — DUCHY OF JAGERNDORF.
187Chapter VI.—VALORI GOES ON AN ELECTIONEERING MISSION TO DRESDEN.
48Chapter XVIII. — FRIEDRICH WILHELM, THE GREAT KURFURST, ELEVENTH OF THE SERIES.
188Chapter VII.—FRIEDRICH IN SILESIA; UNUSUALLY BUSY.
49Chapter XIX. — KING FRIEDRICH I. AGAIN.
189Chapter VIII.—THE MARTIAL BOY AND HIS ENGLISH versus THE LAWS OF NATURE.
50Chapter XX. — DEATH OF KING FRIEDRICH I.
190Chapter IX.—THE AUSTRIAN-SAXON ARMY INVADES SILESIA, ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.
51Volume 4
191Chapter X.—BATTLE OF HOHENFRIEDBERG.
52BOOK IV. — FRIEDRICH'S APPRENTICESHIP, FIRST STAGE. - 1713-1728.
192Chapter XI.—CAMP OF CHLUM: FRIEDRICH CANNOT ACHIEVE PEACE.
53CHAPTER I. — CHILDHOOD: DOUBLE EDUCATIONAL ELEMENT.
193Chapter XII.—BATTLE OF SOHR.
54Chapter II. — THE GERMAN ELEMENT.
194Chapter XIII.—SAXONY AND AUSTRIA MAKE A SURPRISING LAST ATTEMPT.
55Chapter III. — FRIEDRICH WILHELM IS KING.
195Chapter XIV.—BATTLE OF KESSELSDORF.
56Chapter IV. — HIS MAJESTY'S WAYS.
196Chapter XV.—PEACE OF DRESDEN: FRIEDRICH DOES MARCH HOME.
57Chapter V. — FRIEDRICH WILHELM'S ONE WAR.
197Volume 16
58Chapter VI. — THE LITTLE DRUMMER.
198BOOK XVI.—THE TEN YEARS OF PEACE.—1746-1756.
59Chapter VII. — TRANSIT OF CZAR PETER.
199Chapter I.—SANS-SOUCI.
60Chapter VIII. — THE CROWN-PRINCE IS PUT TO HIS SCHOOLING.
200Chapter II.—PEEP AT VOLTAIRE AND HIS DIVINE EMILIE (BY CANDLELIGHT) IN THE TIDE OF EVENTS.
61Chapter IX. — WUSTERHAUSEN.
201Chapter III.—EUROPEAN WAR FALLS DONE: TREATY OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE.
62Chapter X. — THE HEIDELBERG PROTESTANTS.
202Chapter IV. COCCEJI FINISHES THE LAW-REFORM; FRIEDRICH IS PRINTING HIS POESIES.
63Chapter XI. — ON THE CROWN-PRINCE'S PROGRESS IN HIS SCHOOLING.
203Chapter V. STRANGERS OF NOTE COME TO BERLIN, IN 1750.
64Chapter XII. — CROWN-PRINCE FALLS INTO DISFAVOR WITH PAPA.
204Chapter VI.—BERLIN CARROUSEL, AND VOLTAIRE VISIBLE THERE.
65Chapter XIII. — RESULTS OF THE CROWN-PRINCE'S SCHOOLING.
205Chapter VII.—M. DE VOLTAIRE HAS A PAINFUL JEW-LAWSUIT.
66Volume 5
206Chapter VIII. OST-FRIESLAND AND THE SHIPPING INTERESTS.
67BOOK V. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT, AND WHAT ELEMENT IT FELL INTO. — 1723-1726.
207Chapter IX.—SECOND ACT OF THE VOLTAIRE VISIT.
68Chapter I. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE IS DECIDED ON.
208Chapter X. DEMON NEWSWRITER, OF 1752.
69Chapter II. — A KAISER HUNTING SHADOWS.
209Chapter XI. THIRD ACT AND CATASTROPHE OF THE VOLTAIRE VISIT.
70Chapter III. — THE SEVEN CRISES OR EUROPEAN TRAVAIL-THROES.
210Chapter XII. OF THE AFTERPIECE, WHICH PROVED STILL MORE TRAGICAL.
71Chapter IV. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE TREATY CANNOT BE SIGNED.
211Chapter XIII. ROMISH-KING QUESTION; ENGLISH-PRIVATEER QUESTION.
72Chapter V. — CROWN-PRINCE GOES INTO THE POTSDAM GUARDS.
212Chapter XIV. THERE IS LIKE TO BE ANOTHER WAR AHEAD.
73Chapter VI. — ORDNANCE-MASTER SECKENDORF CROSSES THE PALACE ESPLANADE.
213Chapter XV.—ANTI-PRUSSIAN WAR-SYMPTOMS: FRIEDRICH VISIBLE FOR A MOMENT.
74Chapter VII. — TOBACCO-PARLIAMENT.
214Book XVII—THE SEVEN-YEARS WAR: FIRST CAMPAIGN.—1756-1757.
75Chapter VIII. — SECKENDORF'S RETORT TO HER MAJESTY.
215Chapter I.—WHAT FRIEDRICH HAD READ IN THE MENZEL DOCUMENTS.
76Volume 6
216Chapter II.—ENGLISH DIPLOMACIES ABROAD, IN PROSPECT OF A FRENCH WAR.
77BOOK VI. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT, AND CROWN-PRINCE, GOING ADRIFT UNDER THE STORM-WINDS. — 1727-1730.
217Chapter III.—FRENCH-ENGLISH WAR BREAKS OUT.
78Chapter I. — FIFTH CRISIS IN THE KAISER'S SPECTRE-HUNT.
218Chapter IV.—FRIEDRICH PUTS A QUESTION AT VIENNA, TWICE OVER.
79Chapter II. — DEATH OF GEORGE I.
219Chapter V.—FRIEDRICH BLOCKADES THE SAXONS IN PIRNA COUNTRY.
80Chapter III. — VISIT TO DRESDEN.
220Chapter VI.—BATTLE OF LOBOSITZ.
81Chapter IV. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT IS NOT DEAD.
221Chapter VII.—THE SAXONS GET OUT OF PIRNA ON DISMAL TERMS.
82Chapter V. — CONGRESS OF SOISSONS, SIXTH CRISIS IN THE SPECTRE-HUNT.
222Chapter VIII.—WINTER IN DRESDEN.
83Chapter VI. — IMMINENCY OF WAR OR DUEL BETWEEN THE BRITANNIC AND PRUSSIAN MAJESTIES.
223Volume 18
84Chapter VII. — A MARRIAGE: NOT THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE: CROWN-PRINCE DEEP IN TROUBLE.
224BOOK XVIII.—SEVEN-YEARS WAR RISES TO A HEIGHT.—1757-1759.
85Chapter VIII. — CROWN-PRINCE GETTING BEYOND HIS DEPTH IN TROUBLE.
225Chapter I.—THE CAMPAIGN OPENS.
86Chapter IX. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE SHALL BE OR SHALL NOT BE.
226Chapter II.—BATTLE OF PRAG.
87Volume 7
227Chapter III.—PRAG CANNOT BE GOT AT ONCE.
88BOOK VII. — FEARFUL SHIPWRECK OF THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT. — Feb.-Nov., 1730.
228Chapter IV.—BATTLE OF KOLIN.
89Chapter I. — ENGLAND SENDS THE EXCELLENCY HOTHAM TO BERLIN.
229Chapter V.—FRIEDRICH AT LEITMERITZ, HIS WORLD OF ENEMIES COMING ON.
90Chapter II. — LANGUAGE OF BIRDS: EXCELLENCY HOTHAM PROVES UNAVAILING.
230Chapter VI.—DEATH OF WINTERFELD.
91Chapter III. — CAMP OF RADEWITZ.
231Chapter VII.—FRIEDRICH IN THURINGEN, HIS WORLD OF ENEMIES ALL COME.
92Chapter IV. — EXCELLENCY HOTHAM QUITS BERLIN IN HASTE.
232BOOK XVIII (CONTINUED) —SEVEN-YEARS WAR RISES TO A HEIGHT. 1757-1759.
93Chapter V. — JOURNEY TO THE REICH.
233Chapter IX.—FRIEDRICH MARCHES FOR SILESIA.
94Chapter VI. — JOURNEY HOMEWARDS FROM THE REICH; CATASTROPHE ON JOURNEY HOMEWARDS.
234Chapter X.—BATTLE OF LEUTHEN.
95Chapter VII. — CATASTROPHE, AND MAJESTY, ARRIVE IN BERLIN.
235Chapter XI.—WINTER IN BRESLAU: THIRD CAMPAIGN OPENS.
96Chapter VIII. — SEQUEL TO CROWN-PRINCE AND FRIENDS.
236Chapter XII.—SIEGE OF OLMUTZ.
97Chapter IX. — COURT-MARTIAL ON CROWN-PRINCE AND CONSORTS.
237Chapter XIII.—BATTLE OF ZORNDORF.
98Volume 8
238Chapter XIV.—BATTLE OF HOCHKIRCH.
99BOOK VIII. — CROWN-PRINCE REPRIEVED: LIFE AT CUSTRIN — November, 1730-February, 1732.
239Volume 19
100Chapter I. — CHAPLAIN MULLER WAITS ON THE CROWN-PRINCE.
240BOOK XIX.—FRIEDRICH LIKE TO BE OVERWHELMED IN THE SEVEN-YEARS WAR.—1759-1760.
101Chapter II. — CROWN-PRINCE TO REPENT AND NOT PERISH.
241Chapter I.—PRELIMINARIES TO A FOURTH CAMPAIGN.
102Chapter III. — WILHELMINA IS TO WED THE PRINCE OF BAIREUTH.
242Chapter II.—GENERAL DOHNA; DICTATOR WEDELL: BATTLE OF ZULLICHAU.
103Chapter IV. — CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN PREUSSEN AND ELSEWHERE.
243Chapter III.—FRIEDRICH IN PERSON ATTEMPTS THE RUSSIAN PROBLEM; NOT WITH SUCCESS.
104Chapter V. — INTERVIEW OF MAJESTY AND CROWN-PRINCE AT CUSTRIN.
244Chapter IV.—BATTLE OF KUNERSDORF.
105Chapter VI. — WILHELMINA'S WEDDING.
245Chapter V.—SAXONY WITHOUT DEFENCE: SCHMETTAU SURRENDERS DRESDEN.
106BOOK IX. — LAST STAGE OF FRIEDRICH'S APPRENTICESHIP: LIFE IN RUPPIN. — 1732-1736.
246Chapter VI.—PRINCE HENRI MAKES A MARCH OF FIFTY HOURS; THE RUSSIANS CANNOT FIND LODGING IN SILESIA.
107Chapter I. — PRINCESS ELIZABETH CHRISTINA OF BRUNSWICK-BEVERN.
247Chapter VII.—FRIEDRICH REAPPEARS ON THE FIELD, AND IN SEVEN DAYS AFTER COMES THE CATASTROPHE OF MAXEN.
108Chapter II. — SMALL INCIDENTS AT RUPPIN.
248Chapter VIII.—MISCELLANEA IN WINTER-QUARTERS, 1759-1760.
109Chapter III. — THE SALZBURGERS.
249Chapter IX.—PRELIMINARIES TO A FIFTH CAMPAIGN.
110Chapter IV. — PRUSSIAN MAJESTY VISITS THE KAISER.
250Volume 20
111Chapter V. — GHOST OF THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE RISES; TO NO PURPOSE.
251BOOK XX.—FRIEDRICH IS NOT TO BE OVERWHELMED: THE SEVEN-YEARS WAR GRADUALLY ENDS—25th April, 1760-15th February, 1763.
112Chapter VI. — KING AUGUST MEDITATING GREAT THINGS FOR POLAND.
252Chapter I.—FIFTH CAMPAIGN OPENS.
113Chapter VII. — CROWN-PRINCE'S MARRIAGE.
253Chapter II.—FRIEDRICH BESIEGES DRESDEN.
114Chapter VIII. — KING AUGUST DIES; AND POLAND TAKES FIRE.
254Chapter III.—BATTLE OF LIEGNITZ.
115Chapter IX. — KAISER'S SHADOW-HUNT HAS CAUGHT FIRE.
255Chapter IV.—DAUN IN WRESTLE WITH FRIEDRICH IN THE SILESIAN HILLS.
116Chapter X. — CROWN-PRINCE GOES TO THE RHINE CAMPAIGN.
256Chapter V.—BATTLE OF TORGAU.
117Chapter XI. — IN PAPA'S SICK-ROOM; PRUSSIAN INSPECTIONS: END OF WAR.
257Chapter VI.—WINTER-QUARTERS 1760-1761.
118Volume 10
258Chapter VII.—SIXTH CAMPAIGN OPENS: CAMP OF BUNZELWITZ.
119BOOK X. — AT REINSBERG. - 1736-1740.
259Chapter VIII.—LOUDON POUNCES UPON SCHWEIDNITZ ONE NIGHT (LAST OF SEPTEMBER, 1761) .
120Chapter I. — MANSION OF REINSBERG.
260Chapter IX.—TRAITOR WARKOTSCH.
121Chapter II. — OF VOLTAIRE AND THE LITERARY CORRESPONDENCES.
261Chapter X.—FRIEDRICH IN BRESLAU; HAS NEWS FROM PETERSBURG.
122Chapter III. — CROWN-PRINCE MAKES A MORNING CALL.
262Chapter XI.—SEVENTH CAMPAIGN OPENS.
123Chapter IV. — NEWS OF THE DAY.
263Chapter XII.—SIEGE OF SCHWEIDNITZ: SEVENTH CAMPAIGN ENDS.
124Chapter V. — VISIT AT LOO.
264Chapter XIII.—PEACE OF HUBERTSBURG.
125Chapter VI. — LAST YEAR OF REINSBERG; JOURNEY TO PREUSSEN.
265Volume 21
126Chapter VII. — LAST YEAR OF REINSBERG: TRANSIT OF BALTIMORE AND OTHER PERSONS AND THINGS.
266BOOK XXI.—AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF FRIEDRICH'S LIFE—1763-1786.
127Chapter VIII. — DEATH OF FRIEDRICH WILHELM.
267Chapter I.—PREFATORY.
128Volume 11
268Chapter II.—REPAIRING OF A RUINED PRUSSIA.
129BOOK XI. — FRIEDRICH TAKES THE REINS IN HAND. — June-December, 1740.
269Chapter III.—TROUBLES IN POLAND.
130Chapter I. — PHENOMENA OF FRIEDRICH'S ACCESSION.
270Chapter IV.—PARTITION OF POLAND.
131Chapter II. — THE HOMAGINGS.
271Chapter V.—A CHAPTER OF MISCELLANIES. (pt. 1)
132Chapter III. — FRIEDRICH MAKES AN EXCURSION, NOT OF DIRECT SORT INTO THE CLEVE COUNTRIES.
272Chapter V.—A CHAPTER OF MISCELLANIES. (pt. 2)
133Chapter IV. — VOLTAIRE'S FIRST INTERVIEW WITH FRIEDRICH.
273Chapter VI.—THE BAVARIAN WAR.
134Chapter V. — AFFAIR OF HERSTAL.
274Chapter VII.—MILLER ARNOLD'S LAWSUIT.
135Chapter VI. — RETURNS BY HANOVER; DOES NOT CALL ON HIS ROYAL UNCLE THERE.
275Chapter VIII.—THE FURSTENBUND: FRIEDRICH'S LAST YEARS.
136Chapter VII. — WITHDRAWS TO REINSBERG, HOPING A PEACEABLE WINTER.
276Chapter IX.—FRIEDRICH'S LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH.
137Chapter VIII. — THE KAISER'S DEATH.
277Appendix
138Chapter IX. — RESOLUTION FORMED AT REINSBERG IN CONSEQUENCE.
278Analysis
139Volume 12
279Reflection
140BOOK XII. — FIRST SILESIAN WAR, AWAKENING A GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE, BEGINS. — December, 1740-May, 1741.
280Memorable Quotes
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