History of Friedrich II of Prussia
History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great was a biography of Friedrich II of Prussia written by Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle. It was first published in 1858.Contents
The work is made up of 21 books and an appendix.
- Book I: Birth and Parentage
- Book II: Of Brandenburg and the Hohenzollerns
- Book III: The Hohenzollerns in Brandenburg
- Book IV: Friedrich's Apprenticeship, First Stage
- Book V: Double-Marriage Project, and What Element It Fell Into
- Book VI: Double-Marriage Project, and Crown-Prince, Going Adrift Under the Storm-Winds
- Book VII: Fearful Shipwreck of the Double-Marriage Project
- Book VIII: Crown-Prince Retrieved: Life at Custrin
- Book IX: Last Stage of Friedrich's Apprenticeship: Life in Ruppin
- Book X: At Rheinsberg
- Book XI: Friedrich Takes the Reins in Hand
- Book XII: First Silesian War, Awakening a General European One, Begins
- Book XIII: First Silesian War, Leaving the General European One Ablaze All Round, Gets Ended
- Book XIV: The Surrounding European War Does Not End
- Book XV: Second Silesian War, Important Episode in the General European One
- Book XVI: The Ten Years of Peace
- Book XVII: The Seven-Years War: First Campaign
- Book XVIII: Seven-Years War Rises to a Height
- Book XIX: Friedrich Like to Be Overwhelmed in the Seven-Years War
- Book XX: Friedrich is Not to Be Overwhelmed: The Seven-Years War Gradually Ends
- Book XXI: Afternoon and Evening of Friedrich's Life
- Appendix
