{"product_id":"memoirs-of-the-courts-of-berlin-dresden-warsaw-and-vienna-in-the-years-1777-1778-and-1779-paperback-9781108045506","title":"Memoirs of the Courts of Berlin, Dresden, Warsaw, and Vienna, in the Years 1777, 1778, and 1779 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108045506","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMemoirs of the Courts of Berlin, Dresden, Warsaw, and Vienna, in the Years 1777, 1778, and 1779\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this two-volume 1799 work, MP and travel writer Nathaniel Wraxall describes visits to German principalities, Poland and Austria-Hungary.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNathaniel William Wraxall (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108045506, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 June 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e506 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.9 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNathaniel Wraxall (1751–1831) worked for the East India Company before becoming an MP in 1780. He travelled extensively in Europe and moved in royal and diplomatic circles, collecting anecdotes which later made their way into several popular travel narratives and memoirs that were to bring him great fame. In this work, published in two volumes in 1799 and using an epistolary form, Wraxall gives his impressions of a number of European courts that he visited in the late 1770s. Volume 2 describes Poland as a country in decline, and discusses the historical background to its present condition. He also provides anecdotes of the court and people of Vienna, and especially of the Habsburg monarchs Maria Theresa and Joseph II.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e18. Journey from Cracow to Warsaw\u003cbr\u003e 19. Examination of the causes of the decline of Poland\u003cbr\u003e 20. Origin and history of the family of Poniatowski\u003cbr\u003e 21. Decline of the Court of Warsaw, since the succession of the present king\u003cbr\u003e 22. Journey from Warsaw to Konigsberg\u003cbr\u003e 23. Aspect of Dresden, and security of that capital\u003cbr\u003e 24. Review of the Saxon history\u003cbr\u003e 25. State of Ratisbon\u003cbr\u003e 26. General opinions entertained at Vienna, relative to the conduct of the campaign\u003cbr\u003e 27. Concern of the Empress, at the birth of a French princess\u003cbr\u003e 28. Aspect of the court\u003cbr\u003e 29. State of society at Vienna\u003cbr\u003e 30. Reigns of Leopold, Joseph the First, and Charles the Sixth\u003cbr\u003e 31. Character and anecdotes of the Emperor Francis\u003cbr\u003e 32. State of the public mind at Vienna\u003cbr\u003e 33. Joseph the Second\u003cbr\u003e 34. Character and anecdotes of Prince Kaunitz, first minister of Maria Theresa\u003cbr\u003e 35. Appointment of the Congress at Teschen, for the conclusion of a definitive peace.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266079576344,"sku":"9781108045506","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108045506i_b3737a02-41d1-494d-811a-b989a864ecf3.jpg?v=1696746647","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/memoirs-of-the-courts-of-berlin-dresden-warsaw-and-vienna-in-the-years-1777-1778-and-1779-paperback-9781108045506","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}