An Imperial Lover (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Peter had joined the alliance recently formed be tween Denmark, Brandenburg, and King Augustus of Poland, against Sweden. He had been drawn into'it partly by his friendship for Augustus of Saxony, the King Of Poland, but more because he desired to recover the Land Of Izhore, lost to Russia in the Troublous Times. France was embarrassed by the war Of the Spanish Succession, which had broken out after King Louis XIV. Accepted the conditions Of the will Of the King of Spain, Charles II., bequeathing the Spanish crown to the Duke of Anjou, the son of Mon seigneur. It was because of this imbroglio that the king my master watched with interest the struggle between the princes of the North, since it diverted that mad young hero Charles XII. Of Sweden from supporting the Grand Alliance against France.

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