Voltaire's history of Charles XII, king of Sweden

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PREFATORY NOTE                                                      vii
INTRODUCTION                                                         ix
TRANSLATOR’S NOTE                                                   xxi
               BOOK I
Outline of Swedish history up to the time of Charles XI--Charles’s
    education--His enemies--Character-sketch of the Czar, Peter
    Alexiowitz--His peculiarities--Alliance of Russia, Poland, Denmark
    against Charles XII.                                              3
               BOOK II
Sudden and extraordinary transformation in the character of Charles
    XII--At the age of eighteen he carries on war with Denmark, Poland
    and Russia--He concludes the war with Denmark in six weeks--Beats
    an army of 80,000 Russians with 8,000 Swedes, and proceeds to
    Poland--Description of Poland and its Government--Charles wins
    several victories, and conquers Poland, where he makes preparations
    to nominate a king.                                              37
               BOOK III
Stanislas Leczinski chosen King of Poland--Death of the
    Cardinal-Primate--Great retreat of General Schullemburg--Exploits
    of the Czar--Foundation of Petersburg--Charles’s entry into
    Saxony--The peace of Altranstadt--Augustus abdicates in favour of
    Stanislas--General Patkul, the Czar’s plenipotentiary, is broken on
    the wheel, and quartered--Charles receives the ambassadors of
    foreign princes in Saxony--He also goes to Dresden to see Augustus
    before his departure.                                             97