Pleasure and Ambition

Introduction
'A Prince of Great Hopes': Trials of a Second Son 1670-1694
1. 'Nothing other than a sword': A Portrait of Augustus 1670-91
2. 'This marriage will not end well': John George IV, Eleonore and 'the Family' 1692
3. 'To engage the Elector': England and Saxony 1692-93
4. 'Carrying my cloak on both shoulders': Stepney in Saxony 1693
5. 'So many extraordinary changes': Stepney in Saxony 1694
6. 'Je payeray la folie bien cher': The deaths of Billa and John George 1694
'A Restless Ambitious Spirit': His Electoral Highness 1694-1696
7. 'To the ruin of the house': Politics and poison 1694
8. 'So much to do': Personal affairs 1694
9. 'Setting his government upon the hinges': State affairs 1694
10. 'Upon another scent': Augustus and the command in Hungary 1695
11. 'At last got out of their nests': Preparing for Hungary 1695
12. 'Able to do nothing': Commander in Hungary 1695-96
'My Greatest Ambition is Glory': King's Ransom 1697-1702
13. 'Whoever bids most': Purchasing the Polish crown 1697
14. 'The intestine broils of the kingdom': At the court of King Augustus 1698-99
15. 'The chief promoters of this present war': Patkul, Tsar Peter and Augustus 1698
16. 'To make war on Sweden': Patkul, Augustus and Peter 1699-1700
17. 'But by the ruin of my foes': Charles XII strikes 1700-02
18. 'In a lucky minute': The origins of English intervention 1701-02
'A Long Train of Miseries': King on the Run 1703-1707
19. 'Wholly at a stand': The failure of mediation 1703
20. 'A scission is likely': Poles apart 1704
21. 'His crown is not worth any longer struggle': Stand-off 1705
22. 'His coming into Saxony': The shattered sanctuary 1706
23. 'To please the King of Sweden': Occupational hazards 1707
Appendix 1: 'Connaisance de ses forces': The 'memoirs' of Augustus (1705?)
Appendix 2: 'Famous alike for his virtues and his vices': Flemming's character sketch of King Augustus 1722
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