Nathaniel William Wraxall

Memoirs of the Courts of Berlin, Dresden, Warsaw, and Vienna, in the Years 1777, 1778, and 1779 - Volume 2

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Produktbeschreibung

In this two-volume 1799 work, MP and travel writer Nathaniel Wraxall describes visits to German principalities, Poland and Austria-Hungary.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 506
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 707g
• ISBN-13: 9781108045506
• ISBN-10: 1108045502
• Artikelnr.: 35425909

Inhaltsangabe

18. Journey from Cracow to Warsaw
19. Examination of the causes of the decline of Poland
20. Origin and history of the family of Poniatowski
21. Decline of the Court of Warsaw, since the succession of the present king
22. Journey from Warsaw to Konigsberg
23. Aspect of Dresden, and security of that capital
24. Review of the Saxon history
25. State of Ratisbon
26. General opinions entertained at Vienna, relative to the conduct of the campaign
27. Concern of the Empress, at the birth of a French princess
28. Aspect of the court
29. State of society at Vienna
30. Reigns of Leopold, Joseph the First, and Charles the Sixth
31. Character and anecdotes of the Emperor Francis
32. State of the public mind at Vienna
33. Joseph the Second
34. Character and anecdotes of Prince Kaunitz, first minister of Maria Theresa
35. Appointment of the Congress at Teschen, for the conclusion of a definitive peace.