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BIOGRAPHY
VOLTAIRE’S HISTORY
OF CHARLES TWELFTH
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VOLTAIRE’S
HISTORY of
CHARLES XII
KING OF
SWEDEN
Translated by
WINIFRED
TODHUNTER
LONDON: PUBLISHED
by J·M·DENT·&·SONS·L^{TD}
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FIRST ISSUE OF THIS EDITION 1908
REPRINTED 1912
CONTENTS
PAGE
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