John S. C. Abbott

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

FREDERICK THE GREAT.

CHAPTER I PARENTAGE OF FREDERICK THE GREAT.

CHAPTER II. LIFE IN THE PALACE.

CHAPTER III. THE SUFFERINGS OF FRITZ AND WILHELMINA.

CHAPTER IV. THE ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE.

CHAPTER V. IMPRISONMENT OF FRITZ AND WILHELMINA.

CHAPTER VI. THE MARRIAGE OF WILHELMINA.

CHAPTER VII. THE MARRIAGE OF THE CROWN PRINCE.

CHAPTER VIII. DEVELOPMENTS OF CHARACTER.

CHAPTER IX. THE DEATH OF FREDERICK WILLIAM.

CHAPTER X. THE ACCESSION OF FREDERICK THE SECOND.

CHAPTER XI. DIPLOMATIC INTRIGUES.

CHAPTER XII. THE INVASION OF SILESIA.

CHAPTER XIII. THE CAMPAIGN OF MOLLWITZ.

CHAPTER XIV. THE DEFEAT AND FLIGHT OF FREDERICK.

CHAPTER XV. THE WAR IN SILESIA.

CHAPTER XVI. THE CONQUEST OF SILESIA.

CHAPTER XVII. THE CAMPAIGN OF MORAVIA.

CHAPTER XVIII. FREDERICK TRIUMPHANT.

CHAPTER XIX. THE INVASION OF BOHEMIA.

CHAPTER XX. THE RETREAT.

CHAPTER XXI. BATTLES AND VICTORIES.

CHAPTER XXII. THE PEACE OF DRESDEN.

CHAPTER XXIII. FREDERICK THE GREAT AT SANS SOUCI.

CHAPTER XXIV. THE QUARREL.

CHAPTER XXV. COMMENCEMENT OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR.

CHAPTER XXVI. DEFEATS AND PERILS.

CHAPTER XXVII. THE LEUTHEN CAMPAIGN.

CHAPTER XXVIII. DOMESTIC GRIEFS AND MILITARY REVERSES.

CHAPTER XXIX. THE THIRD CAMPAIGN OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR.

CHAPTER XXX. FOURTH CAMPAIGN OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR.

CHAPTER XXXI. THE STRUGGLE CONTINUED.

CHAPTER XXXII. THE END OF THE FIFTH CAMPAIGN.

CHAPTER XXXIII. THE END OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR.

CHAPTER XXXIV. THE PARTITION OF POLAND.

CHAPTER XXXV. LIFE'S CLOSING SCENES.

FOOTNOTES

INDEX.

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Transcriber's Notes

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HISTORY
OF
FREDERICK THE GREAT.

HISTORY
OF
FREDERICK THE SECOND,
CALLED
FREDERICK THE GREAT.

By JOHN S. C. ABBOTT,

AUTHOR OF “THE HISTORY OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE,”
“THE FRENCH REVOLUTION,”
“NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA,” ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.