History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 06FREDERICK THE GREATReading editionChapter navigation30 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…FREDERICK THE GREATChapter I · — FIFTH CRISIS IN THE KAISER'S SPECTRE-HUNT.CROWN-PRINCE SEEN IN DRYASDUST'S GLASS, DARKLY.Chapter II · — DEATH OF GEORGE I.HIS PRUSSIAN MAJESTY FALLS INTO ONE OF HIS HYPOCHONDRIACAL FITS.Chapter III · — VISIT TO DRESDEN.THE PHYSICALLY STRONG PAYS HIS COUNTER-VISIT.OF PRINCESS WHILHELMINA'S FOUR KINGS AND OTHER INEFFECTUAL SUITORS.Chapter IV · — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT IS NOT DEAD.CROWN-PRINCE FRIEDRICH WRITES CERTAIN LETTERS.DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT RE-EMERGES IN AN OFFICIAL SHAPE.HIS MAJESTY SLAUGHTERS 3,602 HEAD OF WILD SWINE.FALLS ILL, IN CONSEQUENCE; AND THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE CANNOT GET FORWARD.Chapter V · — CONGRESS OF SOISSONS, SIXTH CRISIS IN THE SPECTRE-HUNT.Chapter VI · — IMMINENCY OF WAR OR DUEL BETWEEN THE BRITANNIC AND PRUSSIAN MAJESTIES.CAUSE FIRST: THE HANOVER JOINT-HERITAGES, WHICH ARE NOT IN A LIQUID STATE.CAUSE SECOND: THE TROUBLES OF MECKLENBURG.CAUSES THIRD AND FOURTH:—AND CAUSE FIFTH, WORTH ALL THE OTHERS.TROUBLES OF MECKLENBURG, FOR THE LAST TIME.ONE NUSSLER SETTLES THE AHLDEN HERITAGES; SENDS THE MONEY HOME IN BOXES.Chapter VII · — A MARRIAGE: NOT THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE: CROWN-PRINCE DEEP IN TROUBLE.CROWN-PRINCE'S DOMESTICITIES SEEN IN A FLASH OF LIGHTNING.Chapter VIII · — CROWN-PRINCE GETTING BEYOND HIS DEPTH IN TROUBLE.Chapter IX · — DOUBLE-MARRIAGE SHALL BE OR SHALL NOT BE.WILHELMINA TO BE MARRIED OUT OF HAND. CRISIS FIRST: ENGLAND SHALL SAY YES OR SAY NO.DUBOURGAY STRIKES A LIGHT FOR THE ENGLISH COURT.WILHELMINA TO BE MARRIED OUT OF HAND. CRISIS SECOND: ENGLAND SHALL HAVE SAID NO.WILHELMINA TO BE MARRIED OUT OF HAND. CRISIS THIRD: MAJESTY HIMSELF WILL CHOOSE, THEN.HOW FRIEDRICH PRINCE OF BAIREUTH CAME TO BE THE MAN, AFTER ALL.DOUBLE-MARRIAGE, ON THE EDGE OF SHIPWRECK, FLIES OFF A KIND OF CARRIER-PIGEON, OR NOAH'S-DOVE, TO ENGLAND, WITH CRY FOR HELP.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Volume 6 / Book 6 — Chapter I · — FIFTH CRISIS IN THE KAISER'S SPECTRE-HUNT.All chapters and sections (30)Other sectionsFREDERICK THE GREATVolume 6 / Book 6 · Chapters1Volume 6 / Book 6 · Other sectionsCROWN-PRINCE SEEN IN DRYASDUST'S GLASS, DARKLY.Volume 6 / Book 6 · Chapters2Volume 6 / Book 6 · Other sectionsHIS PRUSSIAN MAJESTY FALLS INTO ONE OF HIS HYPOCHONDRIACAL FITS.Volume 6 / Book 6 · Chapters3Volume 6 / Book 6 · Other sectionsTHE PHYSICALLY STRONG PAYS HIS COUNTER-VISIT.OF PRINCESS WHILHELMINA'S FOUR KINGS AND OTHER INEFFECTUAL SUITORS.Volume 6 / Book 6 · Chapters4Volume 6 / Book 6 · Other sectionsCROWN-PRINCE FRIEDRICH WRITES CERTAIN LETTERS.DOUBLE-MARRIAGE PROJECT RE-EMERGES IN AN OFFICIAL SHAPE.HIS MAJESTY SLAUGHTERS 3,602 HEAD OF WILD SWINE.FALLS ILL, IN CONSEQUENCE; AND THE DOUBLE-MARRIAGE CANNOT GET FORWARD.Volume 6 / Book 6 · Chapters56Volume 6 / Book 6 · Other sectionsCAUSE FIRST: THE HANOVER JOINT-HERITAGES, WHICH ARE NOT IN A LIQUID STATE.CAUSE SECOND: THE TROUBLES OF MECKLENBURG.CAUSES THIRD AND FOURTH:—AND CAUSE FIFTH, WORTH ALL THE OTHERS.TROUBLES OF MECKLENBURG, FOR THE LAST TIME.ONE NUSSLER SETTLES THE AHLDEN HERITAGES; SENDS THE MONEY HOME IN BOXES.Volume 6 / Book 6 · Chapters7Volume 6 / Book 6 · Other sectionsCROWN-PRINCE'S DOMESTICITIES SEEN IN A FLASH OF LIGHTNING.Volume 6 / Book 6 · Chapters89Volume 6 / Book 6 · Other sectionsWILHELMINA TO BE MARRIED OUT OF HAND. CRISIS FIRST: ENGLAND SHALL SAY YES OR SAY NO.DUBOURGAY STRIKES A LIGHT FOR THE ENGLISH COURT.WILHELMINA TO BE MARRIED OUT OF HAND. CRISIS SECOND: ENGLAND SHALL HAVE SAID NO.WILHELMINA TO BE MARRIED OUT OF HAND. CRISIS THIRD: MAJESTY HIMSELF WILL CHOOSE, THEN.HOW FRIEDRICH PRINCE OF BAIREUTH CAME TO BE THE MAN, AFTER ALL.DOUBLE-MARRIAGE, ON THE EDGE OF SHIPWRECK, FLIES OFF A KIND OF CARRIER-PIGEON, OR NOAH'S-DOVE, TO ENGLAND, WITH CRY FOR HELP.By Thomas CarlyleChapter I. — FIFTH CRISIS IN THE KAISER'S SPECTRE-HUNT. →