Front matter

EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY EDITED BY ERNEST RHYS

BIOGRAPHY

VOLTAIRE’S HISTORY OF CHARLES TWELFTH INTRODUCTORY NOTE BY Rt. Hon. JOHN BURNS, M.P.

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VOLTAIRE’S HISTORY of CHARLES XII King of Sweden

Translated by WINIFRED TODHUNTER

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First Issue of this Edition 1908

Reprinted 1912