The Works of Thomas Carlyle
The Works of Thomas Carlyle
Henry Duff Traill
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GBPThomas Carlyle (1795–1881) was one of the most influential authors of the nineteenth century. Eagerly studied at the highest level of intellectual society, his satirical essays and perceptive historical biographies caused him to be regarded for much of the Victorian period as a literary genius and eminent social philosopher. After graduating from Edinburgh University in 1814, he published his first scholarly work on German literature in 1824, before finding literary success with his history of the French Revolution in 1837. After falling from favour during the first part of the twentieth century, his work has more recently become the subject of scholarly re-examination. His introduction of German literature and philosophy into the British intellectual milieu profoundly influenced later philosophical ideas and literary studies. These volumes are reproduced from the 1896 Centenary Edition of his collected works. Volume 18 contains the seventh volume of The Life of Frederick the Great.
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November 2010Paperback
9781108022415
524 pages
229 × 152 × 33 mm
0.92kg
2 b/w illus. 7 maps
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Table of Contents
- Book XIX. Friedrich Like to be Overwhelmed in the Seven-Years War. 1759–1760:
- 1. Preliminaries to a fourth campaign
- 2. General Dohna
- Dictator Wedell: battle of Zullichae
- 3. Friedrich in person attempts the Russian problem, not with success
- 4. Battle of Kunersdorf
- 5. Saxony without defence: Schmettau surrenders Dresden
- 6. Prince Henri makes a march of fifty hours
- the Russians cannot find lodging in Silesia
- 7. Friedrich reappears on the field, and in seven days after comes the catastrophe of Maxen
- 8. Miscellanea in winter-quarters, 1759–60
- 9. Preliminaries to a fifth campaign
- Book XX. Friedrich is Not to Be Overwhelmed: The Seven-Years War Gradually Ends. 25th April 1760–15th Feb. 1763:
- 1. Fifth campaign opens
- 2. Friedrich besieges Dresden
- 3. Battle of Liegnitz
- 4. Daun in wrestle with Friedrich in the Silesian hills
- 5. Battle of Torgau
- 6. Winter-quarters 1760–61
- 7. Sixth campaign opens: camp of Bunzelwitz
- 8. Loudon pounces upon Schweidnitz one night (last of September 1761)
- 9. Traitor Warkotsch
- 10. Friedrich in Breslau: has news from Petersburg
- 11. Seventh campaign opens
- 12. Siege of Schweidnitz
- seventh campaign ends
- 13. Peace of Hubertsberg.
