Fiction · 1853
Berlin and Sans-Souci
Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends
L. Mühlbach · translated by Chapman Coleman
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Contents
- Note
- Book I
- Book I
- Chapter I — The Alchemist’s Incantation
- Chapter II — The Old Courtier
- Chapter III — The Morning Hours of a King
- Chapter IV — The Pardoned Courtier
- Chapter V — How the Princess Ulrica Became Queen of Sweden
- Chapter VI — The Tempter
- Chapter VII — The First Interview
- Chapter VIII — Signora Barbarina
- Chapter IX — The King and Barbarina
- Chapter X — Eckhof
- Chapter XI — A Life Question
- Chapter XII — Superstition and Piety
- Book II
- Chapter I — The Two Sisters
- Chapter II — The Tempter
- Chapter III — The Wedding Festival of the Princess Ulrica
- Chapter IV — Behind the Curtain
- Chapter V — A Shame-Faced King
- Chapter VI — The First Rendezvous
- Chapter VII — On the Balcony
- Chapter VIII — The First Cloud
- Chapter IX — The Council of War
- Chapter X — The Cloister of Camens
- Chapter XI — The King and the Abbot
- Chapter XII — The Unknown Abbot
- Chapter XIII — The Levee of a Dancer
- Chapter XIV — The Studio
- Chapter XV — The Confession
- Chapter XVI — The Traitor
- Chapter XVII — The Silver-Ware
- Chapter XVIII — The First Flash of Lightning
- Book III
- Chapter I — The Actors in Halle
- Chapter II — The Student Lupinus
- Chapter III — The Disturbance in the Theatre
- Chapter IV — The Friends
- Chapter V — The Order of the King
- Chapter VI — The Battle of Sohr
- Chapter VII — After the Battle
- Chapter VIII — A Letter Pregnant with Fate
- Chapter IX — The Return to Berlin
- Chapter X — Job’s Post
- Chapter XI — The Undeceived
- Chapter XII — Trenck’s First Flight
- Chapter XIII — The Flight
- Chapter XIV — I Will
- Chapter XV — The Last Struggle for Power
- Chapter XVI — The Disturbance in the Theatre
- Chapter XVII — Sans-Souci
- Book IV
- Chapter I — The Promise
- Chapter II — Voltaire and His Royal Friend
- Chapter III — The Confidence-Table
- Chapter IV — The Confidential Dinner
- Chapter V — Rome Sauvee
- Chapter VI — A Woman’s Heart
- Chapter VII — Madame Von Cocceji
- Chapter VIII — Voltaire
- Chapter IX — A Day in the Life of Voltaire
- Chapter X — The Lovers
- Chapter XI — Barbarina
- Chapter XII — Intrigues
- Chapter XIII — The Last Struggle
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