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Title: History of Friedrich II. of Prussia

Author: Thomas Carlyle

Editor: David Widger

Release date: June 16, 2008 [eBook #25808]
Most recently updated: May 4, 2023

Language: English

Credits: David Widger

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In spite of the many months taken in correcting the 22 volumes, they are reposted with regret they are not better and with the realization the renovated edition is a poor representation of this great work. This reposting I consider an interim step, with the hope another volunteer will someday produce a new PG edition from new scans saved in unicode or Latin-1 with linked footnotes—a project I am unlikely to have time to accomplish.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

BOOKS      CHAPTERS


BOOKS

BOOK I. — BIRTH AND PARENTAGE. - 1712.
BOOK II. — OF BRANDENBURG AND THE HOHENZOLLERNS. - 928-1417.
BOOK III. — THE HOHENZOLLERNS IN BRANDENBURG. - 1412-1718
BOOK IV. — FRIEDRICH'S APPRENTICESHIP, FIRST STAGE. - 1713-1728.
BOOK V. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT, AND WHAT ELEMENT IT FELL INTO. - 1723-1726.
BOOK VI. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT, AND CROWN-PRINCE, GOING ADRIFT UNDER THE STORM-WINDS. - 1727-1730.
BOOK VII. — FEARFUL SHIPWRECK OF THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT. - Feb.-Nov., 1730.
BOOK VIII. — CROWN-PRINCE REPRIEVED: LIFE AT CUSTRIN - Nov. 1730-February, 1732.
BOOK IX. — LAST STAGE OF FRIEDRICH'S APPRENTICESHIP: LIFE IN RUPPIN. - 1732-1736.
BOOK X. — AT REINSBERG. - 1736-1740.
BOOK XI. — FRIEDRICH TAKES THE REINS IN HAND. — June-December, 1740.
BOOK XII. — FIRST SILESIAN WAR, AWAKENING A GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE, BEGINS. — December, 1740-May, 1741.
BOOK XIII. — FIRST SILESIAN WAR, LEAVING THE GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE ABLAZE ALL ROUND, GETS ENDED. — May, 1741-July, 1742.
BOOK XIV.—THE SURROUNDING EUROPEAN WAR DOES NOT END.—August, 1742-July, 1744.
BOOK XV.—SECOND SILESIAN WAR, IMPORTANT EPISODE IN THE GENERAL EUROPEAN ONE.—15th Aug. 1744-25th Dec. 1745.
BOOK XVI.—THE TEN YEARS OF PEACE.—1746-1756
Book XVII—THE SEVEN-YEARS WAR: FIRST CAMPAIGN—1756-1757.
BOOK XVIII.—SEVEN-YEARS WAR RISES TO A HEIGHT.—1757-1759.
BOOK XVIII (CONTINUED)—SEVEN-YEARS WAR RISES TO A HEIGHT. 1757-1759.
BOOK XIX.—FRIEDRICH LIKE TO BE OVERWHELMED IN THE SEVEN-YEARS WAR.—1759-1760.
BOOK XX.—FRIEDRICH IS NOT TO BE OVERWHELMED: THE SEVEN-YEARS WAR GRADUALLY ENDS—25th April, 1760-15th February, 1763.
BOOK XXI.—AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF FRIEDRICH'S LIFE—1763-1786.
APPENDIX.

OTHER CARLYLE WORKS

SATOR RESARTUS
LIFE OF JOHN STERLING
ON HEROES, HERO-WORSHIP, AND THE HEROIC IN HISTORY
LATTER-DAY PAMPHLETS
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
EARLY KINGS OF NORWAY

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF ALL CHAPTERS

BOOK I. — BIRTH AND PARENTAGE. — 1712.

Chapter I. — PROEM: FRIEDRICH'S HISTORY FROM THE DISTANCE WE ARE AT.

Chapter II. — FRIEDRICH'S BIRTH.

Chapter III. — FATHER AND MOTHER: THE HANOVERIAN CONNECTION.

Chapter IV. — FATHER'S MOTHER.

Chapter V. — KING FRIEDRICH I.

BOOK II. — OF BRANDENBURG AND THE HOHENZOLLERNS. - 928-1417.

Chapter I. — BRANNIBOR: HENRY THE FOWLER.

Chapter II. — PREUSSEN: SAINT ADALBERT.

Chapter III. — MARKGRAVES OF BRANDENBURG.

Chapter IV. — ALBERT THE BEAR.

Chapter V. — CONRAD OF HOHENZOLLERN; AND KAISER BARBAROSSA.

Chapter VI. — THE TEUTSCH RITTERS OR TEUTONIC ORDER.

Chapter VII. — MARGRAVIATE OF CULMBACH: BAIREUTH, ANSPACH.

Chapter VIII. — ASCANIER MARKGRAVES IN BRANDENBURG.

Chapter IX. — BURGGRAF FRIEDRICH IV.

Chapter X. — BRANDENBURG LAPSES TO THE KAISER.

Chapter XI. — BAYARIAN KURFURSTS IN BRANDENBURG.

Chapter XII. — BRANDENBURG IN KAISER KARL'S TIME; END OF THE BAVARIAN KURFURSTS.

Chapter XIII. — LUXEMBURG KURFURSTS IN BRANDENBURG.

Chapter XIV. — BURGGRAF FRIEDRICH VI.

BOOK III. — THE HOHENZOLLERNS IN BRANDENBURG. - 1412-1718

Chapter I. — KURFURST FRIEDRICH I.

Chapter II. — MATINEES DU ROI DE PRUSSE.

Chapter III. — KURFURST FRIEDRICH II.

Chapter IV. — KURFURST ALBERT ACHILLES, AND HIS SUCCESSOR.

Chapter V. — OF THE BAIREUTH-ANSPACH BRANCH.

Chapter VI. — HOCHMEISTER ALBERT, THIRD NOTABLE SON OF FRIEDRICH.

Chapter VII. — ALBERT ALCIBIADES.

Chapter VIII. — HISTORICAL MEANING OF THE REFORMATION.

Chapter IX. — KURFURST JOACHIM I.

Chapter X. — KURFURST JOACHIM II.
Chapter XI. — SEVENTH KURFURST, JOHANN GEORGE.

Chapter XII. — OF ALBERT FRIEDRICH, THE SECOND DUKE OF PREUSSEN.

Chapter XIII. — NINTH KURFURST, JOHANN SIGISMUND.

Chapter XIV. — SYMPTOMS OF A GREAT WAR COMING.

Chapter XV. — TENTH KURFURST, GEORGE WILHELM.

Chapter XVI. — THIRTY-YEARS WAR.

Chapter XVII. — DUCHY OF JAGERNDORF.

Chapter XVIII. — FRIEDRICH WILHELM, THE GREAT KURFURST, ELEVENTH OF THE SERIES.

Chapter XIX. — KING FRIEDRICH I. AGAIN.

Chapter XX. — DEATH OF KING FRIEDRICH I.

BOOK IV. — FRIEDRICH'S APPRENTICESHIP, FIRST STAGE. - 1713-1728.

Chapter I. — CHILDHOOD: DOUBLE EDUCATIONAL ELEMENT.

Chapter II. — THE GERMAN ELEMENT.

Chapter III. — FRIEDRICH WILHELM IS KING.

Chapter IV. — HIS MAJESTY'S WAYS.

Chapter V. — FRIEDRICH WILHELM'S ONE WAR.

Chapter VI. — THE LITTLE DRUMMER.

Chapter VII. — TRANSIT OF CZAR PETER.

Chapter VIII. — THE CROWN-PRINCE IS PUT TO HIS SCHOOLING.

Chapter IX. — WUSTERHAUSEN.

Chapter X. — THE HEIDELBERG PROTESTANTS.

Chapter XI. — ON THE CROWN-PRINCE'S PROGRESS IN HIS SCHOOLING.

Chapter XII. — CROWN-PRINCE FALLS INTO DISFAVOR WITH PAPA.

Chapter XIII. — RESULTS OF THE CROWN-PRINCE'S SCHOOLING.

BOOK V. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT, AND WHAT ELEMENT IT FELL INTO. — 1723-1726.

Chapter I. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE IS DECIDED ON.

Chapter II. — A KAISER HUNTING SHADOWS.

Chapter III. — THE SEVEN CRISES OR EUROPEAN TRAVAIL-THROES.

Chapter IV. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE TREATY CANNOT BE SIGNED.

Chapter V. — CROWN-PRINCE GOES INTO THE POTSDAM GUARDS.

Chapter VI. — ORDNANCE-MASTER SECKENDORF CROSSES THE PALACE ESPLANADE.

Chapter VII. — TOBACCO-PARLIAMENT.

Chapter VIII. — SECKENDORF'S RETORT TO HER MAJESTY.

BOOK VI. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT, AND CROWN-PRINCE, GOING ADRIFT UNDER THE STORM-WINDS. — 1727-1730.

Chapter I. — FIFTH CRISIS IN THE KAISER'S SPECTRE-HUNT.

Chapter II. — DEATH OF GEORGE I.

Chapter III. — VISIT TO DRESDEN.

Chapter IV. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT IS NOT DEAD.

Chapter V. — CONGRESS OF SOISSONS, SIXTH CRISIS IN THE SPECTRE-HUNT.

Chapter VI. — IMMINENCY OF WAR OR DUEL BETWEEN THE BRITANNIC AND PRUSSIAN MAJESTIES.

Chapter VII. — A MARRIAGE: NOT THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE: CROWN-PRINCE DEEP IN TROUBLE.

Chapter VIII. — CROWN-PRINCE GETTING BEYOND HIS DEPTH IN TROUBLE.

Chapter IX. — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE SHALL BE OR SHALL NOT BE.

BOOK VII. — FEARFUL SHIPWRECK OF THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT. — Feb.-Nov., 1730.

Chapter I. — ENGLAND SENDS THE EXCELLENCY HOTHAM TO BERLIN.

Chapter II. — LANGUAGE OF BIRDS: EXCELLENCY HOTHAM PROVES UNAVAILING.

Chapter III. — CAMP OF RADEWITZ.

Chapter IV. — EXCELLENCY HOTHAM QUITS BERLIN IN HASTE.

Chapter V. — JOURNEY TO THE REICH.

Chapter VI. — JOURNEY HOMEWARDS FROM THE REICH; CATASTROPHE ON JOURNEY HOMEWARDS.

Chapter VII. — CATASTROPHE, AND MAJESTY, ARRIVE IN BERLIN.

Chapter VIII. — SEQUEL TO CROWN-PRINCE AND FRIENDS.

Chapter IX. — COURT-MARTIAL ON CROWN-PRINCE AND CONSORTS.

BOOK VIII. — CROWN-PRINCE REPRIEVED: LIFE AT CUSTRIN — November, 1730-February, 1732.