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The Love of an Uncrowned Queen

The Love of an Uncrowned Queen

by W. H. Wilkins

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Author
Wilkins, W. H. (William Henry), 1860-1905
Title
The love of an uncrowned queen : Sophie Dorothea, consort of George I, and her correspondence with Philip Christopher, Count Königsmarck
Original Publication
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1903.
Language
English
LoC Class
DD: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Germany
Subject
Königsmarck, Christopher von, 1665-1694
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 76394
Release Date
June 27, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE LOVE OF AN UNCROWNED QUEEN
  2. 2.PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. THE ROMANCE OF THE PRINCESS’S PARENTAGE.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. THE PROGRESS OF ELÉONORE. (1666-1676.)
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. THE WISDOM OF SERPENTS. (1676-1681.)
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. PRINCE GEORGE GOES A-WOOING. (1681-1682.)
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. THE SACRIFICE. (1682.)
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. THE COURT OF HANOVER. (1682-1684.)
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. THE POWER OF COUNTESS PLATEN. (1684-1688.)
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. ENTER KÖNIGSMARCK. (1688-1689.)
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. PLAYING WITH FIRE. (1689.)
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. THE EMBROIDERED GLOVE. (1690-1691.)
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. HISTORY AND AUTHENTICITY OF THE LETTERS. [55]
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII. THE DAWN OF PASSION. (1691.)
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. CROSSING THE RUBICON. (1692.)
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. THE PRINCESS’S LETTERS.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV. DOUBTS AND FEARS.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. THE BATTLE OF STEINKIRK.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. THE VISIT TO WIESBADEN.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. KÖNIGSMARCK RETURNS FROM THE WAR.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. THE TRYST AT BROCKHAUSEN.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX. LOVE’S BITTERNESS.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE DANES.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. THE GATHERING STORM.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. THE MURDER OF KÖNIGSMARCK.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. THE RUIN OF THE PRINCESS.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. THE DIVORCE.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. THE PRISONER OF AHLDEN.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. THE FLIGHT OF YEARS. (1698-1714.)
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. CROWN AND GRAVE. (1714-1726.)
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. RETRIBUTION. (1727.)
  34. 34.APPENDIX. LIST OF AUTHORITIES QUOTED, AND BOOKS TO WHICH REFERENCE HAS BEEN MADE. — UNPUBLISHED MSS. — SOME PUBLISHED WORKS.
  35. 35.INDEX.
  36. 36.Footnotes

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