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Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1732
Category : Russia
ISBN : BL:A0018179366
Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1769
Category : Sweden
ISBN : NLS:B900060480
Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Ravenio Books
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1732
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
This classic is organized as follows: I. Outline of Swedish history up to the time of Charles XI—Charles’s education—His enemies—Character-sketch of the Czar, Peter Alexiowitz—His peculiarities—Alliance of Russia, Poland, Denmark against Charles XII. II. Sudden and extraordinary transformation in the character of Charles XII—At the age of eighteen he carries on war with Denmark, Poland and Russia—He concludes the war with Denmark in six weeks—Beats an army of 80,000 Russians with 8,000 Swedes, and proceeds to Poland—Description of Poland and its Government—Charles wins several victories, and conquers Poland, where he makes preparations to nominate a king. III. Stanislas Leczinski chosen King of Poland—Death of the Cardinal-Primate—Great retreat of General Schullemburg—Exploits of the Czar—Foundation of Petersburg—Charles’s entry into Saxony—The peace of Altranstadt—Augustus abdicates in favour of Stanislas—General Patkul, the Czar’s plenipotentiary, is broken on the wheel, and quartered—Charles receives the ambassadors of foreign princes in Saxony—He also goes to Dresden to see Augustus before his departure. IV. Charles leaves Saxony—Pursues the Czar—Advances into Ukrania—His losses and wounds, and the battle of Pultowa—The consequences of the battle—Charles forced to escape into Turkey—His reception in Bessarabia. V. The state of the Ottoman Porte—Charles retires to Bender—His occupations—His intrigues at the Porte—His plans—Augustus restored—The King of Denmark attacks Sweden—All the King’s other territories are invaded—The Czar keeps festival at Moscow—The affair of Pruth—History of the Czarina. VI. Intrigues at the Porte—The Kan of Tartary and the Pasha of Bender try to force Charles to depart—He defends himself with forty servants against their whole army. VII. The Turks remove Charles to Demirtash—King Stanislas is seized at the same time—Bold action of M. de Villelongue—Revolutions in the seraglio—Battles in Pomerania—Altena is burnt by the Swedes—Charles returns to his kingdom—His strange method of travelling—His arrival at Straelsund—The state of Europe at that time—The losses of King Charles—The successes of Peter the Great—His triumphal entry into Petersburg. VIII. Charles marries his sister to the Prince of Hesse—He is besieged in Stralsund and escapes to Sweden—The enterprise of Baron Gortz his premier—Plans of reconciliation with the Czar—An attack on England—Charles besieges Frederickshal in Norway—He is killed—His character—Gortz is beheaded.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1767
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1125567666
Author : VOLTAIRE.
Publisher : Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1385318023
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Bodleian Library (Oxford) N007662 A reissue, with cancel titlepage; it was originally intended to be part of a 20-vol. set of Voltaire's works; only two volumes were issued before financial difficulties arose to put paid to the scheme. Edinburgh: printed by and for Martin & Wotherspoon, 1769. [3], viii-xxviii,342p.; 12°
Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1379438691
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T154462 The recto of p.206 contains 'A letter to the Right Honourable Lord ******, .. '; the register is continuous. With an index. Edinburgh: printed for, and sold by John Wood, 1755. vii, [1],215, [2],206-207, [13]p., plate: port.; 12°
Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1776
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:316759836
Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Sweden
ISBN : UVA:X000982745
Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1734
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018175348
Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1760
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019671834
Author : François Marie Arouet de Voltaire,King of Sweden CHARLES XII.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1734
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:591018395
Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Sweden
ISBN : UCBK:C072602327
Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Sweden
ISBN : HARVARD:HN3MEX
Author : François Marie Arouet de Voltaire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1760
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:591018400
Author : Voltaire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1750
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:185157028
