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History of Friedrich II. Of Prussia, Volume 5

History of Friedrich II. Of Prussia, Volume 5

by Thomas Carlyle

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Author
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
Title
History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05
Credits
Produced by D.R. Thompson and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
DD: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Germany
Subject
Prussia (Germany) -- History -- Frederick II, 1740-1786
Category
Text
eBook-No.
2105
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2105
Release Date
June 16, 2008
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II OF PRUSSIA
  2. 2.By Thomas Carlyle — VOLUME 5
  3. 3.Contents — BOOK V. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT, AND WHAT ELEMENT IT FELL INTO. — 1723-1726.
  4. 4.Chapter I. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE IS DECIDED ON.
  5. 5.QUEEN SOPHIE DOROTHEE HAS TAKEN TIME BY THE FORELOCK.
  6. 6.PRINCESS AMELIA COMES INTO THE WORLD.
  7. 7.FRIEDRICH WILHELM'S TEN CHILDREN. — Marriage to Sophie Dorothee, 28th November, 1706.
  8. 8.Chapter II. — A KAISER HUNTING SHADOWS.
  9. 9.IMPERIAL MAJESTY ON THE TREATY OF UTRECHT.
  10. 10.IMPERIAL MAJESTY HAS GOT HAPPILY WEDDED.
  11. 11.IMPERIAL MAJESTY AND THE TERMAGANT OF SPAIN.
  12. 12.IMPERIAL MAJESTY'S PRAGMATIC SANCTION.
  13. 13.THIRD SHADOW: IMPERIAL MAJESTY'S OSTEND COMPANY.
  14. 14.Chapter III. — THE SEVEN CRISES OR EUROPEAN TRAVAIL-THROES.
  15. 15.CONGRESS OF CAMBRAI.
  16. 16.CONGRESS OF CAMBRAI GETS THE FLOOR PULLED FROM UNDER IT.
  17. 17.FRANCE AND THE BRITANNIC MAJESTY TRIM THE SHIP AGAIN: HOW FRIEDRICH WILHELM CAME INTO IT. TREATY OF HANOVER, 1725.
  18. 18.TRAVAIL-THROES OF NATURE FOR BABY CARLOS'S ITALIAN APANAGE; SEVEN IN NUMBER.
  19. 19.Chapter IV. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE TREATY CANNOT BE SIGNED.
  20. 20.Chapter V. — CROWN-PRINCE GOES INTO THE POTSDAM GUARDS.
  21. 21.OF THE POTSDAM GIANTS, AS A FACT.
  22. 22.FRIEDRICH WILHELM'S RECRUITING DIFFICULTIES.
  23. 23.QUEEN SOPHIE'S TROUBLES: GRUMKOW WITH THE OLD DESSAUER, AND GRUMKOW WITHOUT HIM.
  24. 24.Chapter VI. — ORDNANCE-MASTER SECKENDORF CROSSES THE PALACE ESPLANADE.
  25. 25.Chapter VII. — TOBACCO-PARLIAMENT.
  26. 26.OF GUNDLING, AND THE LITERARY MEN IN TOBACCO-PARLIAMENT.
  27. 27.Chapter VIII. — SECKENDORF'S RETORT TO HER MAJESTY.

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