Berlin and Sans-Souci: Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends. An Historical Romance

Luise Mühlbach

D. Appleton, 1899 - Prussia (Germany) - 497 pages

Contents

• PAGE: 7
• BOOK: 9
• The Old Courtier: 14
• The Morning Hours of a King: 24
• The Pardoned Courtier 9 14 24: 33
• How the Princess Ulrica became Queen of Sweden: 44
• The Tempter: 52
• The First Interview: 63
• Signora Barbarina: 67
• Eckhof: 87
• A Life Question: 95
• Superstition and Piety 77 87 95: 102
• On the Balcony BOOK II: 114
• The Tempter: 122
• Behind the Curtain III The WeddingFestival of the Princess Ulrica V A Shamefaced King VI The First Rendezvous: 126
• 178: 157
• The Council of War: 168
• The Cloister of Camens: 172
• The King and the Abbot: 178
• The Unknown Abbot: 184
• The Levee of a Dancer: 189
• The Studio: 200
• The Confession: 208
• The Traitor: 214
• The SilverWare: 223
• The First Flash of Lightning: 227
• BOOK III: 239
• The Student Lupinus: 243
• The Disturbance in the Theatre: 247
• The Friends: 250
• The Order of the King: 254
• The Battle of Sohr: 259
• After the Battle: 263
• A Letter Pregnant with Fate: 270
• The Return to Berlin: 280
• Jobs Post: 283
• The Undeceived: 291
• Trencks First Flight: 301
• The Flight: 316
• I will: 326
• The Last Struggle for Power: 336
• The Disturbance in the Theatre: 345
• SansSouci: 352
• BOOK IV: 357
• Voltaire and his Royal Friend: 369
• The ConfidenceTable: 386
• The Confidential Dinner: 403
• Rome Sauvée: 415
• A Womans Heart: 422
• Madame von Cocceji: 433
• Voltaire: 441
• A Day in the Life of Voltaire: 451
• The Lovers: 467
• Barbarina: 477
• Intrigues: 485
• The Last Struggle: 494

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Bibliographic information

• Title: Berlin and Sans-Souci: Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends. An Historical Romance
• Author: Luise Mühlbach
• Translated by: Mrs. Chapman Coleman
• Publisher: D. Appleton, 1899
• Original from: the New York Public Library
• Digitized: Jan 24, 2007
• Length: 497 pages