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Memoirs of the Courts of Berlin, Dresden, Warsaw, and Vienna, in the Years 1777, 1778, and 1779 2 Volume Set

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Memoirs of the Courts of Berlin, Dresden, Warsaw, and Vienna, in the Years 1777, 1778, and 1779 2 Volume Set

Memoirs of the Courts of Berlin, Dresden, Warsaw, and Vienna, in the Years 1777, 1778, and 1779 2 Volume Set

Nathaniel William Wraxall
June 2012
Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
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9781108045513
£70.99
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    Nathaniel Wraxall (1751–1831) worked for the East India Company before becoming an MP in 1780. He travelled extensively in Europe and moved in royal and diplomatic circles, collecting anecdotes which later made their way into several popular travel narratives and memoirs that were to bring him great fame. In this work, published in two volumes in 1799 and using an epistolary form, Wraxall gives his impressions of a number of European courts that he visited in the late 1770s. In Volume 1 the author gives an account of the tragic destiny of Queen Caroline Matilda of Denmark (the sister of George III of Great Britain) who was exiled to Celle in Germany after an extra-marital affair with her husband's doctor and counsellor. Volume 2 describes Poland, seen as a country in decline, and makes acute and entertaining observations on Austro-Hungarian high society.

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    June 2012
    Multiple copy pack
    9781108045513
    934 pages
    216 × 140 × 53 mm
    1.27kg
    Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint

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    Contents

    Table of Contents

    • Volume 1: Preface
    • 1. Anecdotes of Frederic the Second, Landgrave of Hesse
    • 2. Description of the Castle of Ahlden
    • 3. Brunswic
    • 4. Examination of the character and actions of Frederic the Second, King of Prussia
    • 5. Review of the principal campaigns of Frederic the Second
    • 6. Review of the Prussian history, previous to the accession of Frederic the Second
    • 7. Potzdam
    • 8. Position of Dresden, local and political
    • 9. Journey from Dresden, through Prague, to Vienna
    • 10. Death of the Elector of Bavaria
    • 11. Pacific aspect of affairs
    • 12. Hostile remonstrances of Prussia, respecting the Bavarian succession
    • 13. Preparations for war
    • 14. Anecdotes of Metastasio
    • 15. Buda
    • 16. Journey from Buda
    • 17. Journey to Cracow. Volume 2:
    • 18. Journey from Cracow to Warsaw
    • 19. Examination of the causes of the decline of Poland
    • 20. Origin and history of the family of Poniatowski
    • 21. Decline of the Court of Warsaw, since the succession of the present king
    • 22. Journey from Warsaw to Konigsberg
    • 23. Aspect of Dresden, and security of that capital
    • 24. Review of the Saxon history
    • 25. State of Ratisbon
    • 26. General opinions entertained at Vienna, relative to the conduct of the campaign
    • 27. Concern of the Empress, at the birth of a French princess
    • 28. Aspect of the court
    • 29. State of society at Vienna
    • 30. Reigns of Leopold, Joseph the First, and Charles the Sixth
    • 31. Character and anecdotes of the Emperor Francis
    • 32. State of the public mind at Vienna
    • 33. Joseph the Second
    • 34. Character and anecdotes of Prince Kaunitz, first minister of Maria Theresa
    • 35. Appointment of the Congress at Teschen, for the conclusion of a definitive peace.
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