History of Friedrich the Second called Frederick the Great
1858
Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. 6 volumes : 20 cm v. 1. Birth and parentage, 1712. Of Brandenburg and the Hohenzollerns, 928 -- 1417. The Hohenzollerns in Brandenburg, 1417 -- 1713. Friedrich's apprenticeship, first stage, 1713 -- 1723. Double marriage project, and what element it fell into, 1723 -- 1726 -- v. 2. Double marriage project and crown-prince going adrift under the storm-winds, 1727 -- 1730. Fearful shipwreck of the double marriage project, February -- November, 1730. Crown-prince retrieved: life at Custrin, November, 1730 -- February, 1732. Last stage of Friedrich's apprenticeship: life in Ruppin, 1732 -- 1736. At Reinsberg, 1736 -- 1740 -- v. 3. Friedrich takes the reins in hand, 1740. First Silesian war, awakening a general European one, begins, 1740 -- 1741. First Silesian war, leaving the general European one ablaze all round, gets ended, 1741 -- 1742. The surrounding European war does not end, 1742 -- 1744 -- v. 4. Second Silesian war, important episode in the general European one, 1744 -- 1745. The ten years of peace, 1746 -- 1756. The seven-years war: first campaign, 1756 -- 1757 -- v. 5. Seven-year's war rises to a height, 1757 -- 1759. Friedrich like to be overwhelmed in the seven-years war, 1759 -- 1760 -- v. 6. Friedrich is not to be overwhelmed: the seven-years' war gradually ends, 25th April 1760 -- 15th February 1763. Afternoon and evening of Friedrich's life, 1763 -- 1786 Includes bibliographical references and indexes
