History of Friedrich the Second called Frederick the Great
1858
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University 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
