Pleasure and Ambition : The Life, Loves and Wars of Augustus the Strong.
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Pleasure and Ambition : The Life, Loves and Wars of Augustus the Strong.
Yazar:
Sharp, Tony.
ISBN:
9780857715715
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (321 pages)
İçerik:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 'A prince of great hopes' Trials of a second son 1670-1694 -- Chapter 1 'Nothing other than a sword' A portrait of Augustus 1670-91 -- Chapter 2 'This marriage will not end well' John George IV, Eleonore and 'the Family' 1692 -- Chapter 3 'To engage the Elector' England and Saxony 1692-93 -- Chapter 4 'Carrying my cloak on both shoulders' Stepney in Saxony 1693 -- Chapter 5 'So many extraordinary changes' Stepney in Saxony 1694 -- Chapter 6 'Je payeray la folie bien cher' The deaths of Billa and John George 1694 -- 'A restless ambitious spirit' His Electoral Highness 1694-1696 -- Chapter 7 'To the ruin of that house' Politics and poison 1694 -- Chapter 8 'So much to do' Personal affairs 1694 -- Chapter 9 'Setting his government upon the hinges' State affairs 1694 -- Chapter 10 'Upon another scent' Augustus and the command in Hungary 1695 -- Chapter 11 'At last got out of their nests' Preparing for Hungary 1695 -- Chapter 12 'Able to do nothing' Commander in Hungary 1695-96 -- 'My greatest ambition is glory' King's ransom 1697-1702 -- Chapter 13 'Whoever bids most' Purchasing the Polish crown 1697 -- Chapter 14 'The intestine broils of the kingdom' At the court of King Augustus 1698-99 -- Chapter Fifteen 'The chief promoters of this present war' Patkul, Tsar Peter and Augustus 1698 -- Chapter Sixteen 'To make war on Sweden' Patkul, Augustus and Peter 1699-1700 -- Chapter Seventeen 'But by the ruin of my foes' Charles XII strikes 1700-1702 -- Chapter Eighteen 'In a lucky minute' The origins of English intervention 1701-02 -- 'A long train of miseries' King on the run 1703-1707 -- Chapter Nineteen 'Wholly at a stand' The failure of mediation 1703 -- Chapter 20 'A scission is likely' Poles apart 1704 -- Chapter 21 'His crown is not worth any longer struggle' Stand-off 1705.
Chapter 22 'His coming into Saxony' The shattered sanctuary 1706 'NOTHING BUT BAD LUCK' -- Chapter 23 'To please the King of Sweden' Occupational hazards 1707 -- Appendix 1 'Connaissance de ses forces' The 'memoirs' of Augustus (1705?) -- Appendix 2 'Famous alike for his virtues and his vices' Flemming's character sketch of King Augustus 1722 -- Notes -- Index.
Özet:
Augustus the Strong of Saxony's life was consumed by two addictions: the relentless pursuit of power and the no less relentless pursuit of pleasure. From his accession as Elector of Saxony in 1694 (when his brother, the previous Elector, died under mysterious circumstances) he pursued political power and glory by fighting the Ottoman Turks, purchasing the Polish throne (becoming a Catholic into the bargain) and warring against Sweden. But his other great addiction - to pleasure, primarily in the female form - continually distracted Augustus from the single-minded pursuit of his dynastic aims. This first biography in English of Augustus portrays a complex and intriguing individual who plotted and fought his way to becoming one of the most important European leaders of his day.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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