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Publisher: London: J.M. Dent Publication date: 1908 Subjects: Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682-1718 Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.… (más)
Published in 1733 this is currently the oldest book in my library.
It is an interesting and captivating biography of Charles XII, King of Sweden. This line from the book is a good representation of his character: "[He] knew no other pleasure, but that of making Europe tremble".
The book starts with a brief introduction of Charles's parents and childhood then launches into a riveting historical record with Charles's coronation and the subsequent invasion of the Swedish Empire by an triple alliance of Peter I of Russia, Frederick IV of Denmark–Norway and Augustus II of Saxony-Poland-Lithuania who perceived Charles as weak and easy pickings. When then follow Charles's sweeping victories as he dispatches all comers but over extends himself then flees to Turkey under the protection of the Ottoman Empire who then betray him in favour of Tsar Peter I. The book then finishes up with Charles XII's death and the immediate outcomes of such (it is worth noting the Great Northern War continued 3 more years after his death).
Really interesting book written close to the events which took place; events covered in the book finish in 1708 and the book was first published in 1731.
One thing to be aware of though - if you get your hands on an original mid 1700s copy (such as this 1733 C Davis edition), or a facsimile of such, the book was published using the 'long s' letter which makes reading it rather unique with modern eyes. ( )
Información procedente del Conocimiento común alemán.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Es wäre ein lohnendes Unterfangen, den Wandlungen nachzugehen, die das Ideal des "uomo universale" seit der Renaissance erfahren hat.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
[He] knew no other pleasure, but that of making Europe tremble
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Publisher: London: J.M. Dent Publication date: 1908 Subjects: Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682-1718 Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.
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It is an interesting and captivating biography of Charles XII, King of Sweden. This line from the book is a good representation of his character: "[He] knew no other pleasure, but that of making Europe tremble".
The book starts with a brief introduction of Charles's parents and childhood then launches into a riveting historical record with Charles's coronation and the subsequent invasion of the Swedish Empire by an triple alliance of Peter I of Russia, Frederick IV of Denmark–Norway and Augustus II of Saxony-Poland-Lithuania who perceived Charles as weak and easy pickings. When then follow Charles's sweeping victories as he dispatches all comers but over extends himself then flees to Turkey under the protection of the Ottoman Empire who then betray him in favour of Tsar Peter I. The book then finishes up with Charles XII's death and the immediate outcomes of such (it is worth noting the Great Northern War continued 3 more years after his death).
Really interesting book written close to the events which took place; events covered in the book finish in 1708 and the book was first published in 1731.
One thing to be aware of though - if you get your hands on an original mid 1700s copy (such as this 1733 C Davis edition), or a facsimile of such, the book was published using the 'long s' letter which makes reading it rather unique with modern eyes. (