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Voltaire's history of Charles XII, king of Sweden
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Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682-1718
Swedes, their stature and endurance, 4;
fate of those taken prisoners at Pultawa, 178, 179;
sold as slaves at Constantinople, 194;
their love of war and of their king, 207;
their inveterate hatred of the Danes, 208;
thousands made slaves, 298
Tartars, description of, 213;
their extreme hospitality, 213, 214;
receive no pay in war but their booty, 214
Tartary. _See_ Kan
Thorn, King of Poland, retires to, 85;
siege of, by Charles XII, 89
Turkish troops, description of, 214, 215
Turks, embassy from, to Charles XII, 148;
present the king with one hundred Swedish soldiers who had been
redeemed by the Grand Master, 148
Ukrania, its need of a protector in one of the surrounding States, 156;
seeks protection from Poland, _ib._;
from Russia, 156, 157
Ulrica Eleanora, Princess, sister of Charles XII, asked to take
the Regency in Sweden, 285;
refuses to make peace with Denmark and resigns, _ib._;
sends account of affairs to her brother, _ib._
Usedom, taken from the Swedes by the Prussians, 303
Valida, Sultana, favours Swedish cause, 211
Villelongue, Monsieur de, his bold action on behalf of Charles XII, 274;
presents petition to the Sultan at the risk of his life, 275, 276;
has interview with Sultan, _ib._;
is released, 277;
taken prisoner at siege of Stralsund, 309
Warsaw, Charles XII appears before, 79;
battle near, 81;
Augustus enters it as a victorious sovereign, 102;
coronation of Stanislas in, 109;
entered in triumph by Augustus, 123
Winter of 1709, memorable, 163;
Charles XII loses 2,000 men on one march, _ib._
Wirtemburg, Prince, taken prisoner at Pultawa, 173
Zaporavians, description of, 166
Zobor, Count, Emperor’s chamberlain, his quarrel with Swedish ambassador
and its results, 138-140
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