Today's installment concludes The Great Elector Grows Prussia,our selection from History of Friedrich II of Prussia by Thomas Carlyle published in
Pommern Remains Disputed
This Second Exploit -- suggested or not by that prior one of Karl Gustav on the ice -- is still a thing to be remembered by Hohenzollerns and
Battle of Fehrbellin
Fehrbellin is an inconsiderable Town still standing in those peaty regions, some five-and-thirty miles northwest of Berlin, and had for ages plied its
Army Marches Over the Baltic Sea
In January, 1658, Karl Gustav marches his Army, horse, foot, and artillery, to the extent of Twenty thousand, across the Baltic ice, and takes an
The Great Elector Grows Prussia
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Weak, Disunited Prussia.IntroductionWhen Frederick William came into
Murder and Flight
Today's installment concludes Pius IX Flees Rome,our selection from Pius the Ninth and the Revolution at Rome (in the North American Review, volume
Assassination Plot
Several of his friends came and remonstrated with him against such an exposure of his life.Continuing Pius IX Flees Rome,our selection from Pius
Turmoil in Rome
In the streets and open places of the city, for two days, the brigands had been slaughtering every man his enemy among the Government officers, some
Austrian Military Victory
Pope Pius IX sided with Italians in the war. That made Catholics in Austria and northern countries against him. Military defeat turned Italians