The history of Maurice Count Saxe, field-marshal of the French Forces, Duke Elect of Courland and Semigallia : containing a curious account of all the wars of Europe since the Treaty of Utrecht, in which he was concerned ... /

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Main Author: Néel, Louis-Balthazar, approximately 1695-1754
Format: Book
Language:English
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Item Description:"With a detail of the several battles and sieges wherein he either commanded or assisted : particularly those of Prague, Aschaffenburg, Fontenoy, Lawfeldt and Bergen-Op-Zoom ; besides the invasion of Scotland, the Expedition to Port l'Orient, and many other remarkable transactions. To which are annexed, his last will, and a description of his pompous funeral. The whole interspersed with various other particulars, relating to the amours both of himself and his father, King Augustus, as well as to his election in Courland, and the unlucky effects of his slighting the Dutchess, who would have married him, and was afterwards Empress of Russia."
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Physical Description:2 volumes (vii, 1 unnumbered page, 302 pages, 2 unnumbered pages; 2 unnumbered pages, 284 pages) ; 17 cm. (duodecimo)