The love of an uncrowned queen : $b Sophie Dorothea, consort of George I, and her correspondence with Philip Christopher, Count KönigsmarckWilkins, W. H. (William Henry)
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The love of an uncrowned queen : $b Sophie Dorothea, consort of George I, and her correspondence with Philip Christopher, Count Königsmarck
Wilkins, W. H. (William Henry)
Königsmarck, Christopher von, 1665-1694; Sophia Dorothea, consort of George I, King of Great Britain, 1666-1726
CHAPTER X.
THE EMBROIDERED GLOVE 107
CHAPTER XI.
HISTORY AND AUTHENTICITY OF THE LETTERS 118
CHAPTER XII.
THE DAWN OF PASSION 139
CHAPTER XIII.
CROSSING THE RUBICON 156
CHAPTER XIV.
THE PRINCESS’S LETTERS 172
CHAPTER XV.
DOUBTS AND FEARS 189
CHAPTER XVI.
THE BATTLE OF STEINKIRK 204
CHAPTER XVII.
THE VISIT TO WIESBADEN 217
CHAPTER XVIII.
KÖNIGSMARCK RETURNS FROM THE WAR 233
CHAPTER XIX.
THE TRYST AT BROCKHAUSEN 256
CHAPTER XX.
LOVE’S BITTERNESS 277
CHAPTER XXI.
THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE DANES 302
CHAPTER XXII.
THE GATHERING STORM 325
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE MURDER OF KÖNIGSMARCK 340
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE RUIN OF THE PRINCESS 352
CHAPTER XXV.
THE DIVORCE 371
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE PRISONER OF AHLDEN 388
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE FLIGHT OF YEARS 405
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CROWN AND GRAVE 421
CHAPTER XXIX.
RETRIBUTION 437
APPENDIX 445
INDEX 447
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
SOPHIE DOROTHEA. _From a painting formerly at Ahlden_ _Frontispiece._
ELÉONORE D’OLBREUSE, DUCHESS OF CELLE. _From a _Facing page_ 8
painting at Herrenhausen_
THE CASTLE OF CELLE ” ” 26
PRINCE GEORGE LOUIS OF HANOVER (AFTERWARDS GEORGE I. ” ” 40
OF ENGLAND). _From a picture at Hanover_
THE ELECTRESS SOPHIA. _Photographed from the statue ” ” 56
in the gardens of Herrenhausen_
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