Author : Elizabeth Craven
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ISBN 13 : 9781330796245
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (962 download)
Book Synopsis The Beautiful Lady Craven, Vol. 2 of 2 by : Elizabeth Craven
Download or read book The Beautiful Lady Craven, Vol. 2 of 2 written by Elizabeth Craven and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Beautiful Lady Craven, Vol. 2 of 2: The Original Memoirs of Elizabeth, Baroness Craven, Afterwards Margravine of Anspach and Bayreuth and Princess Berkeley of the Holy Roman Empire (1750-1828) We arrive at Berlin - Our kind reception there again by the King of Prussia - Authentic anecdotes of the Great Frederic - Explanation of his conduct to Baron de Trenck - The Philosophers and Illuminati - Freemasonry - Rosenfeld - M. Bardt - M. Eberhard - M. Edelmann - Thaumaterges Character of Frederic; Information which I obtained at Berlin respecting Voltaire - His quarrel with the King - Bust of him in my possession - His singular habits - His house at Ferney - Anecdotes of him - Curious prediction respecting myself; Anecdote of Sir William Windham - Prince of Wales - Remarks - Lord Lyttelton - Lord Clarendon - Duke of Buckingham - Observations on the marvellous - Anecdote of Lord Clarendon - Mademoiselle Le Normand; My return to England - Conduct of my eldest daughters and family - Message from the Queen to the Margrave - I write an appeal to the House of Lords - Sir Theophilus Metcalfe - General Dalrymple - Purchase of Brandenburgh House - The Margrave presents me with Benham, in Berkshire - My son Keppel Craven - Lord Craven - Amusements at Brandenburgh House; Beckford - Mrs. Montague - Lord Thurlow - Madame de Vaucluse - Dr. Johnson - Lady Bute - Mr. Thompson of Yorkshire - Lord Nugent - Lord Huntingdon - Due de Guisnes - Anecdotes of Marshal Saxe; Literature - Mr. Edward Jerningham - Lord Thurlow - Anecdotes of his Lordship - Remarks 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.