| PAGE |
| [PREFATORY NOTE] | [vii] |
| [INTRODUCTION] | [ix] |
| [TRANSLATOR’S NOTE] | [xxi] |
| [BOOK 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. | [3] |
| [BOOK 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. | [37] |
| [BOOK 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. | [97] |
| [BOOK 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. | [147] |
| [BOOK 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. | [187] |
| [BOOK 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. | [229] |
| [BOOK 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 Stralsund—The state of Europe at that time—The losses of King
Charles—The successes of Peter the Great—His triumphal entry into
Petersburg. | [267] |
| [BOOK 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. | [301] |
| [INDEX] | [339] |