The Life of Bismarck, Private and Political

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THE LIFE OF BISMARCK, PRIVATE AND POLITICAL.......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 6
LIST OF LARGER ILLUSTRATIONS.......Page 14
EDITOR’S PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION.......Page 16
CHAPTER I NAME AND ORIGIN.......Page 28
CHAPTER II. CASTELLANS AT BURGSTALL CASTLE. [1270-1550.]......Page 32
CHAPTER III. THE PERMUTATION. [1550-1563.]......Page 42
CHAPTER IV. THE BISMARCKS OF SCHÖNHAUSEN. [1563-1800.]......Page 48
CHAPTER V. ARMORIAL BEARINGS.......Page 56
CHAPTER VI. THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF BISMARCK’S BIRTHPLACE.......Page 64
CHAPTER VII. SCHÖNHAUSEN.......Page 67
CHAPTER I. SCHOOL AND COLLEGE DAYS.......Page 82
CHAPTER II. UNIVERSITY AND MILITARY LIFE. [1832-1844.]......Page 99
CHAPTER III. BETROTHAL AND MARRIAGE. [1847.]......Page 122
Book the Third. LEARNING THE BUSINESS.......Page 126
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. “UT SCIAT REGNARE.”......Page 127
CHAPTER II. THE ASSEMBLY OF THE THREE ESTATES. [1847.]......Page 134
CHAPTER III. THE DAYS OF MARCH. [1848.]......Page 145
CHAPTER IV. CONSERVATIVE LEADERSHIP. [1849-1851.]......Page 156
Book the Fourth. ON THE VOYAGE OF LIFE.......Page 176
CHAPTER I. ON THE VOYAGE OF LIFE. [1851-1859.]......Page 177
CHAPTER II. BISMARCK ON THE NEVA. [1859-1862.]......Page 235
CHAPTER III. BISMARCK ON THE SEINE. [1862.]......Page 264
Book the Fifth. MINISTER-PRESIDENT AND COUNT.......Page 282
CHAPTER I. THE CRISIS.......Page 283
CHAPTER II. THE MAN AT THE HELM.......Page 293
CHAPTER III. THE GREAT YEAR 1866.......Page 329
CHAPTER IV. MAJOR-GENERAL AND CHANCELLOR OF THE FEDERATION.......Page 357
CHAPTER V. A BALL AT BISMARCK’S.......Page 371
CHAPTER VI. BISMARCK’S HOUSE AT BERLIN.......Page 380
CHAPTER VII. VARZIN.......Page 387
FOOTNOTES......Page 397
APPENDIX A.......Page 403
APPENDIX B. THE PRUSSIAN CONSTITUTION OF 1847.......Page 407
ORDINANCE OF THE THIRD OF FEBRUARY, 1847, FOR THE FORMATION OF THE UNITED DIET.......Page 409
ORDINANCE OF THE THIRD OF FEBRUARY, 1847, RESPECTING THE PERIODICAL ASSEMBLING OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED DIET AND ITS PRIVILEGES.......Page 413
ORDINANCE FOR THE FORMATION OF A DEPUTATION OF THE DIET FOR THE AFFAIRS OF THE STATE DEBTS.......Page 415
OPENING OF THE PRUSSIAN DIET. THE KING’S SPEECH. APRIL, 1847.......Page 417
APPENDIX C.......Page 427
INDEX.......Page 431
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