The genuine letters of Baron Fabricius, envoy from his Serene Highness the Duke Administrator of Holstein to Charles XII. of Sweden. Comprehending his entire correspondence with the Duke himself, Baron Goertz then Privy-Counsellor to his Serene Highness, afterwards Prime Minister to his Swedish Majesty; and with Count Reventlau, during his residence with that monarch at Bender and also his excursions for his service into different parts of the Ottoman dominions in 1710, 1711, 1712, 1713, and 1714. Interspersed throughout, with many singular particulars, secret Transactions, and curious Anecdotes in relation to that Northern hero, during his residence in Turkey. Now faithfully published from the author's originals (most of them in Cypher) carefully preserved in the Archives of his Serene Highness the Duke of Holstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fabrice, Friedrich Ernst von, 1683-1750.

Standardized Title:

Zuverlässige Geschichte Carl des Zwölften Königs in Schweden. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Northern War, 1700-1721.

Turkey--History--Ahmed III, 1703-1730.

Turkey.

Charles XII, King of Sweden, 1682-1718.

Charles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii,316p. )

Other Title:

Genuine letters of Baron Fabricius,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, at Tully's Head, in the Strand, M.DCC.LXI. [1761]

Notes:

First published at Hamburg in German in 1759 as 'Zuverlässige Geschichte Carl des Zwölften Königs in Schweden, während seines Aufenthalts in der Türkey, aus den noch ungedruckten französischen Staatsbriefen' and in French in 1760 as 'Anecdotes du sejour du roi de Suede a Bender; ou, lettres de Mr le Baron de Fabrice pour servir d'eclaircissement a l'histoire de Charles XII'.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N1859.

OCLC:

642156144