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The Prussian Terror

Alexandre Dumas · translated by R. S. Garnett

The book captures the turbulent atmosphere surrounding the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, focusing on the themes of nationalism and conflict between France and Prussia.

"The Prussian Terror" by Alexandre Dumas is a historical novel. The book captures the turbulent atmosphere surrounding the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, focusing on the themes of nationalism and conflict between France and Prussia.

This edition is the English translation by R. S. Garnett.

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The architect of Berlin appears to have carefully designed his plan according to line and rule in order to produce a capital of dullness as far removed from the picturesque as his ingenuity could accomplish. Seen from the cathedral, which is the loftiest point attainable, the place suggests an enormous chess-board on which the Royal Palace, the Museum, Cathedral, and other important buildings fairly represent kings, queens, and castles. And, much as Paris is intersected by the Seine, so is Berlin divided by the Spree, except that instead of surrounding one island, as does the former river, two artificial canals branch out right and left like the handles of a vase, and form two islands of unequal size in the centre of the town. Berlin being the capital of Privilege, one of these islands is distinguished by possessing the Royal Palace, the Cathedral, the Museum, the Bourse, most other public buildings, and a score of houses which in Turin, the Berlin of Italy, would certainly be called palaces; the other contains nothing remarkable, corresponding to the Parisian Rue Saint-Jacques and the quarter Saint-André-des-Arts.

Contents

  1. 01Introduction
  2. 02The Prussian Terror
  3. 03Berlin
  4. 04In Which Bismarck Emerges from an Impossible Position
  5. 05A Sportsman and a Spaniel
  6. 06Benedict Turpin
  7. 07Kaulbach's Studio
  8. 08The Challenge
  9. 09The Two Duels
  10. 10"What Was Written in a King's Hand"
  11. 11Baron Frederic Von Bülow
  12. 12Helen
  13. 13Count Karl Von Freyberg
  14. 14The Grandmother
  15. 15Frankfort-On-Main
  16. 16The Departure
  17. 17Austrians and Prussians
  18. 18The Declaration of War
  19. 19The Battle of Langensalza
  20. 20In Which Benedict's Prediction Continues to Be Fulfilled
  21. 21What Passed at Frankfort Between the Battles of Langensalza and Sadowa
  22. 22The Free Meal
  23. 23The Battle of Aschaffenburg
  24. 24The Executor
  25. 25Frisk
  26. 26The Wounded Man
  27. 27The Prussians at Frankfort
  28. 28General Manteuffel's Threats
  29. 29General Sturm
  30. 30The Breaking of the Storm
  31. 31The Burgomaster
  32. 32Queen Augusta
  33. 33The Two Processions
  34. 34The Transfusion of Blood.
  35. 35The Marriage in Extremis
  36. 36"Wait and See"
  37. 37Conclusion
  38. 38Epilogue

About this edition

Author
Alexandre Dumas
Translator
R. S. Garnett
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
326 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers