Frederick the Great

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

FREDERICK THE GREAT

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I THE RISE OF PRUSSIA

CHAPTER II FREDERICK AS CROWN PRINCE, 1712–1740

CHAPTER III THE PROBLEM OF 1740

CHAPTER IV THE SILESIAN ADVENTURE, 1740–1742

CHAPTER V THE SECOND STRUGGLE FOR SILESIA, 1742–1745

CHAPTER VI THE TEN YEARS’ PEACE, 1746–1756

CHAPTER VII THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR TO THE BATTLE OF LEUTHEN

CHAPTER VIII THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR (continued) LEUTHEN TO MAXEN (DECEMBER, 1757, TO DECEMBER, 1759.)

CHAPTER IX THE END OF THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR (1760–1763)

CHAPTER X FREDERICK AND PRUSSIA AFTER THE WAR

CHAPTER XI FREDERICK AND EUROPE, 1763–1786

CHAPTER XII FREDERICK’S DEATH AND GREATNESS

INDEX

The Story of the Nations.

THE STORY OF THE NATIONS.

Heroes of the Nations.

HEROES OF THE NATIONS

Transcriber’s Notes