The History of Frederick the Great

15 hrs. 52 min.

Language Russian

Author Fyodor Koni

Narrator Marina Tolokonskaya

Description

This book by F. Koni introduces the commander and economist, lawmaker and philosopher, poet and musician — the Prussian king Frederick the Great.

Contents:

Book 01. Youth.
Chapter I Birth
Chapter II The summer of infancy
Chapter III Childhood
Chapter IV Family disagreements
Chapter V Breakup
Chapter VI An attempt to escape
Chapter VII Trial
Chapter VIII Reconciliation
Chapter IX Marriage
Chapter X First introduction to war
Chapter XI Life in Rheinsberg
Chapter XII The death of Frederick-William I
Book 02. Glory.
Chapter XIII The beginning of Frederick’s reign
Chapter XIV The start of the First Silesian War
Chapter XV The 1741 campaign
Chapter XVI The 1742 campaign
Chapter XVII Two years of peace
Chapter XVIII The Second Silesian War. The 1744 campaign
Chapter XIX The 1745 campaign
Chapter XX The last flare-up of the war
Chapter XXI Frederick’s life before the Seven Years’ War
Chapter XXI Frederick’s life before the Seven Years’ War
Chapter XXII The man and the philosopher
Book 03. The Seven Years’ War
Chapter XXIII Europe’s situation before the Seven Years’ War
Chapter XXIV The beginning of the Seven Years’ War. The 1756 campaign
Chapter XXV The start of the 1757 campaign
Chapter XXVI Continuation of the 1757 campaign
Chapter XXVII End of the 1757 campaign
Chapter XXVIII The 1758 campaign. The campaign in Moravia
Chapter XXIX Continuation of the 1758 campaign
Chapter XXX End of the 1758 campaign
Chapter XXXI The 1759 campaign. Kunersdorf
Chapter XXXII The beginning of the 1760 campaign
Chapter XXXIII End of the 1760 campaign
Chapter XXXIV Beginning of the 1761 campaign
Chapter XXXV End of the 1761 campaign
Chapter XXXVI The 1762 campaign
Book 04. The last years of Frederick’s reign.
Chapter XXXVII Frederick’s internal institutions after the Seven Years’ War
Chapter XXXVIII Political relations with Austria and Russia. Acquisition of Western Prussia
Chapter XXXIX The war for the Bavarian succession. The German alliance
Chapter XL State affairs and domestic affairs after the Seven Years’ War.
Chapter XLI The last days of Frederick the Great