Gustavus Iii Of Sweden A Study Of The Enlightened Despotism Of The Eighteenth Century In Europe

Author : R. Nisbet Bain
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267459407
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (594 download)

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Download or read book Gustavus III and His Contemporaries, Vol. 1 of 2 written by R. Nisbet Bain and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Gustavus III and His Contemporaries, Vol. 1 of 2: 1746-1792; An Overlooked Chapter of Eighteenth Century History; From Original Documents Both his character and his circumstances made Gustavus III. Of Sweden one of the most interesting and extraordinary personages of his day. The political knight-errant, owhose restless spirit was such a disturbing element in Continental politics; the social reformer, who changed the customs and almost the character of his people; the adventurous states man, who won his fame by one revolution only to lose his life by another; the born orator, who was always and every where irresistible; the polished writer, who founded the Swedish Academy and created the Swedish drama - few monarchs, nay, few men, have had so many and such various titles to renown as he. Add, too, that his career has all the piquant unexpectedness of a romance. From his very boyhood, when a mischievous and meddlesome Parliament intervened between him and his parents, to the midnight masquerade when the assassin's bullet struck him down in his prime at the Opera House, which he himself had dedicated to the National Muses, his whole life abounds with strange vicissitudes and dramatic incidents. Finally, he is the last of the great Swedish princes, who belong rather to Europe than to Sweden. His influence extended far beyond the limits of his native land; he was intimately acquainted with most of his famous contemporaries, and he left his mark on all the great political events of his day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.