History of Friedrich II of Prussia

"History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great" was a biography of Friedrich II of Prussia written by Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle. It was first published in 1858.

Contents

The work is made up of 21 books and an appendix.
* 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 (February - November 1730)
* Book VIII: Crown-Prince Retrieved: Life at Custrin (November 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 (15 August 1744 - 25 December 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 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 (25 April 1760 - 15 February 1763)
* Book XXI: Afternoon and Evening of Friedrich's Life (1763 - 1786)
* Appendix

External links

Project Gutenberg: [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25808 Contents] ; Volumes [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2101 I] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2102 II] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2103 III] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2104 IV] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2105 V] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2106 VI] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2107 VII] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2108 VIII] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2109 IX] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2110 X] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2111 XI] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2112 XII] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2113 XIII] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2114 XIV] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2115 XV] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2116 XVI] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2117 XVII] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2118 XVIII] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2119 XIX] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2120 XX] [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2121 XXI] ; [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2122 Appendix]