IN TWO VOLUMES
Vol. II.

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
1904


CONTENTS

PAGE
[Contents][v]
[List of Illustrations][vii]
[CHAPTER I.]
The Turn of the Tide[1]
[CHAPTER II.]
The Gathering Storm[23]
[CHAPTER III.]
The Masked Ball[45]
[CHAPTER IV.]
The Palace Revolution[63]
[CHAPTER V.]
The Triumph of the Queen-Dowager[88]
[CHAPTER VI.]
“A Daughter of England”[110]
[CHAPTER VII.]
The Imprisoned Queen[129]
[CHAPTER VIII.]
The Divorce of the Queen[149]
[CHAPTER IX.]
The Trials of Struensee and Brandt[177]
[CHAPTER X.]
The Executions[196]
[CHAPTER XI.]
The Release of the Queen[216]
[CHAPTER XII.]
Refuge at Celle[239]
[CHAPTER XIII.]
The Restoration Plot[268]
[CHAPTER XIV.]
The Death of the Queen[295]
[CHAPTER XV.]
Retribution[315]
[APPENDIX]
List of Authorities[327]
[Index][331]
[Catalog]
[Transcriber’s Note]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Queen Matilda in the Uniform of Colonel of the Holstein Regiment of Guards. (Photogravure.)
From a Painting by Als, 1770
[Frontispiece]
The Rosenborg Castle, CopenhagenFacing page [6]
Struensee. From the Painting by Jens Juel, 1771, now
in the possession of Count Bille-Brahe
" " [20]
Enevold Brandt. From a Miniature at Frederiksborg" " [38]
Queen Juliana Maria, Step-mother of Christian VII.
From the Painting by Clemens
" " [54]
King Christian VII.’s Note to Queen Matilda Informing
her of her Arrest
" " [74]
The Room in which Queen Matilda was Imprisoned
at Kronborg
Page [85]
Count BernstorffFacing page [96]
Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Step-brother
of Christian VII.
" " [108]
The Courtyard of the Castle at Kronborg. From
an Engraving
" " [130]
Röskilde Cathedral, where the Kings and Queens
of Denmark are Buried
" " [150]
The Great Court of Frederiksborg Palace. From
a Painting by Heinrich Hansen
" " [172]
The Docks, Copenhagen, temp. 1770" " [184]
The Market Place and Town Hall, Copenhagen,
temp. 1770
" " [184]
Struensee in his Dungeon. From a Contemporary Print" " [198]
Sir Robert Murray Keith, K.C.B" " [218]
A View of Elsinore, showing the Castle of Kronborg.
From the Drawing by C. F. Christensen
" " [234]
The Castle of Celle: The Apartments of Queen
Matilda were in the Tower
" " [246]
Queen Matilda. From the Painting formerly at Celle" " [256]
Augusta, Princess of Great Britain and Duchess
of Brunswick, Sister of Queen Matilda. From
the Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds
" " [266]
Louise Augusta, Princess of Denmark and Duchess
of Augustenburg, Daughter of Queen Matilda
" " [284]
The Church at Celle, where Queen Matilda is
Buried. From a Photograph
" " [300]
The Memorial Erected to Queen Matilda in the
French Garden of Celle
" " [312]
Frederick, Crown Prince of Denmark (afterwards
King Frederick VI.), Son of Queen Matilda
" " [324]