King’s College, Cambridge,
Jan. 9th, 1904.

CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION[1]
CHAPTER I
THE RISE OF PRUSSIA[3]
CHAPTER II
FREDERICK AS CROWN PRINCE, 1712–1740[24]
CHAPTER III
THE PROBLEM OF 1740[56]
CHAPTER IV
THE SILESIAN ADVENTURE, 1740–1742[83]
CHAPTER V
THE SECOND STRUGGLE FOR SILESIA, 1742–1745[128]
CHAPTER VI
THE TEN YEARS’ PEACE, 1746–1756[155]
CHAPTER VII
THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR TO THE BATTLE OF LEUTHEN[189]
CHAPTER VIII
THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR (CONTINUED). LEUTHEN TO MAXEN (DECEMBER, 1757, TO DECEMBER, 1759)[251]
CHAPTER IX
THE END OF THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR, 1760–1763[281]
CHAPTER X
FREDERICK AND PRUSSIA AFTER THE WAR[301]
CHAPTER XI
FREDERICK AND EUROPE, 1763–1786[322]
CHAPTER XII
FREDERICK’S DEATH AND GREATNESS[344]
Index[361]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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FREDERICK THE GREAT
After the painting by Carlo Vanloo.		[Frontispiece]
FREDERICK THE GREAT
After the painting by Christian Wolffgang.		[10]
MAP OF PRUSSIA AFTER THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA, 1715[22]
PRINCESS SOPHIA DOROTHEA, DAUGHTER OF KING GEORGE THE FIRST
After the painting by Hirseman.		[32]
FREDERICK THE SECOND
After the painting by Cunningham.		[38]
ELIZABETH CHRISTINA OF BRUNSWICK
From an old print.		[44]
VOLTAIRE
From the statue by Houdon at the Comédie Français.		[54]
FREDERICK WILLIAM THE FIRST
After the painting by F. W. Weideman.		[64]
VIEW OF GLATZ IN THE 18TH CENTURY
From an old print.		[78]
MAP OF EUROPE IN 1740[80]
THE RATHHAUS IN BRESLAU
From a steel engraving.		[90]
THE BOARD OF FINANCES AT NEISSE
From a steel engraving.		[104]
PLAN OF MOLWITZ, APRIL 10, 1741[114]
THE PARADE GROUND AT POTSDAM[128]
FREDERICK THE SECOND, KING OF PRUSSIA
After the painting by F. Bock.		[140]
SANS-SOUCI. CARYTID FRONT[160]
THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF MARIA THERESA IN THE VIENNA HOFFBURG
Reproduced by permission of A. F. Czihaks Nachflg, Vienna.		[190]
LEOPOLD, COUNT VON DAUN
From a copper print.		[214]
PLAN OF PRAGUE, MAY 6, 1757[216]
PLAN OF KOLIN, JUNE 18, 1757[222]
FREDERICK VIEWING THE BURNING BRIDGE AT WEISSENFELS
From a relief on his statue at Weissenfels.		[234]
PLAN OF ROSSBACH, NOVEMBER 5, 1757[236]
PLAN OF LEUTHEN, DECEMBER 5, 1757[246]
THE CHARGE OF THE WALLOON DRAGOONS AT KOLIN
From a relief on the monument of Victory near Křečhoř, unveiled 1898.		[248]
MAP FOR THE SILESIAN AND SEVEN YEARS’ WARS[254]
PLAN OF ZORNDORF, AUGUST 25, 1758[260]
BATTLE OF HOCHKIRCH, OCTOBER 14, 1758[264]
BATTLE OF KUNERSDORF, AUGUST 12, 1759[270]
BATTLE OF LIEGNITZ, AUGUST 15, 1760[286]
BATTLE OF TORGAU, NOVEMBER 3, 1760[292]
THE NEW PALACE AT POTSDAM[308]
JOSEPH THE SECOND
After the painting by Listard.		[322]
WENZEL ANTON, PRINCE VON KAUNITZ
After the painting by Steiner.		[326]
UNTER DEN LINDEN IN 1780
From an etching by Rosentag.		[340]
DEATH-MASK OF FREDERICK THE GREAT
From the original in the Hohenzollern Museum, Berlin.		[344]
COFFINS OF FREDERICK THE GREAT (RIGHT) AND FREDERICK WILLIAM I. (LEFT) IN THE GARRISON CHURCH AT POTSDAM[348]
FREDERICK THE SECOND, KING OF PRUSSIA
After the painting by Chodowiecki.		[356]