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History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21

by Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

22 chapters, about 102,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. Chapter I.--PREFATORY. 2,800 words
2. Chapter II.--REPAIRING OF A RUINED PRUSSIA. 4,600 words
3. OF FRIEDRICH'S NEW EXCISE SYSTEM. 5,000 words
4. "OBITUARY IN FRIEDRICH'S CIRCLE TILL 1771." 500 words
5. Chapter III.--TROUBLES IN POLAND. 3,200 words
6. ELECTRESS MARIE-ANTOINE TO FRIEDRICH. 600 words
7. FRIEDRICH TO ELECTRESS. 300 words
8. ELECTRESS TO FRIEDRICH. 9,700 words
9. Chapter IV.--PARTITION OF POLAND. 7,600 words
10. RUSSIAN-TURK WAR, FIRST TWO CAMPAIGNS. 6,500 words
11. WHAT FRIEDRICH DID WITH HIS NEW ACQUISITION. 2,700 words
12. Chapter V.--A CHAPTER OF MISCELLANIES. 8,100 words
13. FRIEDRICH TO D'ALEMBERT. 1,300 words
14. 'DEO EREXIT VOLTAIRE MDCCLXI.' 1,500 words
15. SCENE II. IN THE LIBRARY. 300 words
16. SCENE III. DINNER-TABLE OF VOLTAIRE. 1,800 words
17. "HENRY SEYMOUR CONWAY." 7,100 words
18. Chapter VI.--THE BAVARIAN WAR. 11,200 words
19. Chapter VII.--MILLER ARNOLD'S LAWSUIT. 7,900 words
20. Chapter VIII.--THE FURSTENBUND: FRIEDRICH'S LAST YEARS. 13,000 words
21. Chapter IX.--FRIEDRICH'S LAST ILLNESS AND DEATH. 4,200 words
22. FRIEDRICH TO THE DUCHESS-DOWAGER OF BRUNSWICK. 1,900 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Anarchy
• Anarchy (international relations)
• Chivalry
• Divorce
• World history (field)

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