Category: Biographies
The Indictment--Brandt at Court--The Assault on the King--The King's Deposition--The Queen and Struensee--Duty of a Good Citizen--The Confidant--The Alleged Forgery--The Sentence Proposed--The Defence--The King at Home--Duties of the Favourite--A Man of Courage--The Royal Gift...
The detested cabinet minister had scarce been thrown into prison ere the new holders of power hastened to overthrow all the creations of the fallen man. As if anxious to give th...
16. CHAPTER VII.BARON VON LICHTENSTEIN--THE KING'S INSTRUCTIONS--THE ANSWER FROM HAMBURG--THE FOUR ARTICLES--A TERRIBLE JOURNEY--ARRIVAL AT CELLE--INTERVIEW WITH THE QUEEN--BARON VON SECKENDORF...
11. CHAPTER II.STRUENSEE'S SENTENCE--HIS GENERAL CONDUCT--THE MAITRE DES REQUETES--THE GERMAN LANGUAGE--STRUENSEE'S DESPOTISM--THE COUNCIL OF THE THIRTY-TWO--THE CABINET MINISTER--THE KING'S P...
13. CHAPTER IV.After the execution of the two counts, the turn came for the other ten prisoners of state to be disposed of. In order to justify in the sight of Europe the sanguinary treatment...
15. CHAPTER VI.THE COURT AT CELLE--MR. WRAXALL--PRESENTATION TO THE QUEEN--HAMBURG--THE DANISH NOBILITY--THE PROPOSITION--THE CREDENTIALS--RETURN TO CELLE--BARON VON SECKENDORF--THE QUEEN'S AC...
10. CHAPTER I.THE INDICTMENT--BRANDT AT COURT--THE ASSAULT ON THE KING--THE KING'S DEPOSITION--THE QUEEN AND STRUENSEE--DUTY OF A GOOD CITIZEN--THE CONFIDANT--THE ALLEGED FORGERY--THE SENTENC...
12. CHAPTER III.Calmly and silently the man condemned to such a cruel death perused the sentence, but not the slightest alteration took place in his countenance. Then, he handed the ominous pap...
14. CHAPTER V.THE BRITISH FLEET--SPIRITED CONDUCT OF KEITH--THE ORDER OF RELEASE--THE PRINCESS LOUISA AUGUSTA--THE DEPARTURE--THE LANDING AT STADE--THE STAY AT GOHRDE--ARRIVAL IN CELLE--THE Q...
22. Part IV.--ECONOMICS and TRADE.SATURDAY REVIEW, _April_ 4, 1863.--"This is a really valuable work. A book which will long remain the standard authority on its subject. No one who has been to the Channel Islan...
17. CHAPTER VIII.THE TYPHUS FEVER--DEATH OF THE PAGE--THE QUEEN'S VISIT--SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS--DR. ZIMMERMANN--PASTOR LEHZEN--CAROLINE MATILDA'S GOODNESS OF HEART--HER DEATH--THE FUNERAL--GENERAL...
7. CHAPTER VII.Baron von Lichtenstein--The King's Instructions--The Arrival from Hamburg--The Four Articles--A Terrible Journey--Arrival at Celle--Interview with the Queen--Baron von Seckendor...
1. CHAPTER I.The Indictment--Brandt at Court--The Assault on the King--The King's Deposition--The Queen and Struensee--Duty of a Good Citizen--The Confidant--The Alleged Forgery--The Sentenc...
9. CHAPTER IX.6. CHAPTER VI.The Court at Celle--Mr. Wraxall--Presentation to the Queen--Hamburg--The Danish Nobility--The Proposition--The Credentials--Return to Celle--Baron von Seckendorf--The Queen's Ac...
8. CHAPTER VIII.The Typhus Fever--Death of the Page--The Queen's Visit--Symptoms of Illness--Dr. Zimmermann--Pastor Lehzen--Caroline Matilda's Goodness of Heart--Her Death--The Funeral--General...
5. CHAPTER V.The British Fleet--Spirited Conduct of Keith--The Order of Release--The Prisoner Louisa Augusta--The Departure--The Landing at Stade--The Stay at Göhrde--Arrival in Celle--The Q...
2. CHAPTER II.Struensee's Sentence--His General Conduct--The Maître des Requêtes--The German Language--Struensee's Despotism--The Council of the Thirty-two--The Cabinet Minister--The King's P...
4. CHAPTER IV.20. Part II.--NATURAL HISTORY.Vegetable productions natural to the Islands--Animals in the Islands and adjacent Seas--Geology and Mineralogy, Ancient Formations--Modern Destruction and Renovation--Fauna and...
3. CHAPTER III.19. Part I.--PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.21. Part III.--CIVIL HISTORY.