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Voltaire's history of Charles XII, king of Sweden

by Voltaire (1694–1778)

14 chapters, about 80,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. PREFATORY NOTE 200 words
2. INTRODUCTION 1,900 words
3. E. R. 900 words
4. TRANSLATOR’S NOTE 900 words
5. BOOK I 7,400 words
6. BOOK II 13,000 words
7. BOOK III 6,900 words
8. “SIR AND BROTHER, 4,500 words
9. BOOK IV 8,800 words
10. BOOK V 9,600 words
11. BOOK VI 8,500 words
12. BOOK VII 7,900 words
13. BOOK VIII 8,900 words
14. INDEX 600 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Charlemagne

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