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Frederick the Great and His Family: A Historical Novel

L. Muhlbach · Public domain text

255,841 words · about 17 h 55 min to read

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Author
L. Mühlbach (1814–1873)
Language
English
Subjects
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786 › Fiction, Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 › Fiction
Length
255,841 words · about 17 h 55 min
Sections
95 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (95)
  1. Opening under 1 min
  2. Book I under 1 min
  3. Book II under 1 min
  4. Book III under 1 min
  5. Book IV under 1 min
  6. Book V under 1 min
  7. Book VI under 1 min
  8. I. THE KING about 6 min
  9. II. PRINCE HENRY about 5 min
  10. III. LOUISE VON KLEIST about 7 min
  11. IV. AT THE MASKED BALL about 12 min
  12. V. A SECRET CAPTAIN about 5 min
  13. VI. THE LEGACY OF VON TRENCK, COLONEL OF THE PANDOURS about 14 min
  14. VII. THE KING AND WEINGARTEN about 6 min
  15. VIII. THE UNWILLING BRIDEGROOM about 10 min
  16. IX. THE FIRST DISAPPOINTMENT about 15 min
  17. X. THE CONQUERED about 11 min
  18. XI. THE TRAVELLING MUSICIANS about 8 min
  19. XII. TRAVELLING ADVENTURES about 11 min
  20. XIII. THE DRAG-BOAT about 9 min
  21. XIV. IN AMSTERDAM about 12 min
  22. XV. THE KING WITHOUT SHOES about 15 min
  23. I. THE UNHAPPY NEWS about 19 min
  24. II. TRENCK ON HIS WAY TO PRISON about 20 min
  25. III. PRINCE HENRY AND HIS WIFE about 15 min
  26. IV. THE FETE IN THE WOODS about 13 min
  27. V. INTRIGUES about 13 min
  28. VI. THE PRIVATE AUDIENCE about 8 min
  29. VII. THE TRAITOR about 13 min
  30. VIII. DECLARATION OF WAR about 8 min
  31. IX. THE KING AND HIS BROTHERS about 9 min
  32. X. THE LAUREL-BRANCH about 4 min
  33. XI. THE BALL AT COUNT BRUHL’S about 15 min
  34. XII. THE INTERRUPTED FEAST about 11 min
  35. XIII. THE ARCHIVES AT DRESDEN about 13 min
  36. XIV. SAXONY HUMILIATED about 6 min
  37. I. THE MAIDEN OF BRUNEN about 11 min
  38. II. NEWS OF BATTLE about 8 min
  39. III. THE CERTIFICATE OF ENLISTMENT about 13 min
  40. IV. FAREWELL TO THE VILLAGE about 12 min
  41. V. THE PRISONER about 18 min
  42. VI. THE PRISON BARRICADE about 4 min
  43. VII. THE BATTLE OF COLLIN about 10 min
  44. VIII. THE INIMICAL BROTHERS about 19 min
  45. IX. THE LETTERS about 8 min
  46. X. IN THE CASTLE AT DRESDEN about 13 min
  47. XI. THE TE DEUM about 8 min
  48. XII. CAMP SCENE about 10 min
  49. XIII. THE WATCH-FIRE about 12 min
  50. XIV. THE BATTLE OF LEUTHEN about 13 min
  51. XV. WINTER QUARTERS IN BRESLAU about 13 min
  52. XVI. THE BROKEN HEART about 10 min
  53. I. THE KING AND HIS OLD AND NEW ENEMIES about 9 min
  54. II. THE THREE OFFICERS about 8 min
  55. III. RANUZI about 19 min
  56. IV. LOUISE DU TROUFFLE about 12 min
  57. V. THE FORTUNE-TELLER about 17 min
  58. VI. A COURT DAY IN BERLIN about 17 min
  59. VII. IN THE WINDOW-NICHE about 6 min
  60. VIII. THE NUTSHELLS BEHIND THE FAUTEUIL OF THE QUEEN about 9 min
  61. IX. THE DUEL AND ITS CONSEQUENCES about 10 min
  62. X. THE FIVE COURIERS about 14 min
  63. XI. AFTER THE BATTLE about 10 min
  64. XII. A HEROIC SOUL about 10 min
  65. XIII. THE TWO GRENADIERS about 8 min
  66. XIV. THE RIGHT COUNSEL about 19 min
  67. XV. A HERO IN MISFORTUNE about 8 min
  68. I. THE TERESIANI AND THE PRUSSIANI about 10 min
  69. II. FREDERICK THE GREAT AS A SAINT about 9 min
  70. III. THE CLOISTER BROTHERS OF SAN GIOVANNI E PAOLO about 19 min
  71. IV. THE RETURN FROM THE ARMY about 13 min
  72. V. THE BRAVE FATHERS AND THE COWARDLY SONS about 13 min
  73. VI. THE TRAITOR’S BETRAYAL about 9 min
  74. VII. THE ACCUSATION about 16 min
  75. VIII. REVENGE about 10 min
  76. IX. TRENCK about 9 min
  77. X. “TRENCK, ARE YOU THERE?” about 11 min
  78. XI. THE KING AND THE GERMAN SCHOLAR about 16 min
  79. XII. GELLERT about 14 min
  80. XIII. THE POET AND THE KING about 9 min
  81. XIV. THE KING AND THE VILLAGE MAGISTRATE about 7 min
  82. XV. THE PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE about 17 min
  83. XVI. THE AMBASSADOR AND THE KHAN OF TARTARY about 20 min
  84. I. THE KING’S RETURN about 17 min
  85. II. PRINCE HENRY about 10 min
  86. III. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER about 37 min
  87. V. THE ENGRAVED CUP about 14 min
  88. VI. THE PRINCESS AND THE DIPLOMATIST about 10 min
  89. VII. THE ROYAL HOUSE-SPY about 8 min
  90. VIII. THE CLOUDS GATHER about 13 min
  91. IX. BROTHER AND SISTER about 16 min
  92. X. THE STOLEN CHILD about 15 min
  93. XI. THE DISCOVERY about 32 min
  94. XIII. A HUSBAND’S REVENGE about 13 min
  95. XIV. THE SEPARATION about 14 min

The opening of I. THE KING

The king laid his flute aside, and with his hands folded behind his back, walked thoughtfully up and down his room in Sans-Souci. His countenance was now tranquil, his brow cloudless; with the aid of music he had harmonized his soul, and the anger and displeasure he had so shortly before felt were soothed by the melodious notes of his flute.

The king was no longer angry, but melancholy, and the smile that played on his lip was so resigned and painful that the brave Marquis d’Argens would have wept had he seen it, and the stinging jest of Voltaire have been silenced.

But neither the marquis nor Voltaire, nor any of his friends were at present in Potsdam. D’Argens was in France, with his young wife, Barbe Cochois; Voltaire, after a succession of difficulties and quarrels, had departed forever; General Rothenberg had also departed to a land from which no one returns--he was dead! My lord marshal had returned to Scotland, Algarotti to Italy, and Bastiani still held his office in Breslau.

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