Part 2

Chapter 24: Charles XII

1. NOT AS LONG AS YOU ARE NOT AFRAID: Hatton, Charles, 101.

2. WOE TO THEE: Schuyler, I, 386.

3. WE WILL MAKE KING AUGUSTUS GO BACK: Hatton, Charles, 118.

4. I HAVE RESOLVED: Bain, Charles, 55.

5. IT IS CURIOUS: Hatton, Charles, 118.

6. DRAGGED INTO WAR: Ibid., 100.

7. I INTEND TO FINISH: Ibid., 128.

8. FARMHANDS DIPPED IN SALT WATER: Ibid., 129.

Chapter 25: Narva

1. I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE: Ustryalov, IV, ii, App. ii, No. 1.

2. THE KING IS RESOLVED: Schuyler, I, 396.

3. IF THE KING SUCCEEDS: Hatton, Charles, 151.

4. THE SNOW IS AT OUR BACKS: Bain, Charles, 75.

5. FELL LIKE GRASS: Bengtsson, 87.

6. WE CHARGED DIRECTLY: Ibid.

7. THEY RETURNED A HEAVY FIRE: Ibid.

8. THE GERMANS HAVE BETRAYED US: Schuyler, I, 397.

9. THEY RAN ABOUT LIKE A HERD OF CATTLE: Ibid., 398.

10. THE DEVIL COULD NOT FIGHT: Ibid., 397.

11. I SEE THAT THE ENEMY: Adlerfeld, I, 57.

12. IF WEIDE HAD HAD THE COURAGE: Schuyler, I, 398.

13. n. I AM SINCERELY SORRY: Ustryalov, IV, i, 59.

14. IT IS GOD’S WORK: Bain, Charles, 77.

15. AS FAR AS THE RIVER AMUR: Schuyler, I, 402.

16. THERE IS NO PLEASURE: Ibid., 403.

Chapter 26:
“We Must Not Lose Our Heads”

1. WE MUST NOT LOSE OUR HEADS: De Grunwald, 108.

2. OUR ARMY WAS VANQUISHED: Shcherbatov, 30.

3. THE POLITEST MAN: Whitworth, 72.

4. A GREAT NUMBER ARE CALLED: Kluchevsky, 87.

5. PLAY FENCING MASTER: Sumner, Emergence, 58.

6. THE INTERESTS OF HIS TSARISH MAJESTY: Ibid.

7. THEY ARE ARMED: Schuyler, I, 411.

8. SPEED THE ARTILLERY: P&B, I, No. 369.

9. FROM THE WHOLE OF TSARDOM: Ustryalov, IV, i, 70.

10. TELL THE BURGOMASTERS: P&B, I, No. 374.

11. IT IS GOOD WORK: Ibid., No. 370.

12. EXTREMELY WELL SERVED: Sumner, Emergence, 57.

13. THEY ALL AVOID ME: Ustryalov, IV, ii, App. ii, No. 94, 207.

14. TRY … TO GET A VICTORY: Ibid., No. 83, 201.

15. SOVEREIGNS HAVE RIGHTS: Grey, 191.

16. THE KING THINKS NOW ABOUT NOTHING: Schuyler, I, 403.

17. IN SPITE OF THE COLD: Ibid.

18. DEROGATORY TO MYSELF: Schuyler, II, 13.

19. HE BELIEVES: Sumner, Emergence, 61.

20. THANK GOD!: Ustryalov, IV, i, 106–7.

21. I SEND COSSACKS: Schuyler, I, 420.

22. GOD GIVES TIME: P&B, II, No. 452.

23. THIS NUT WAS VERY HARD: Ibid., No. 462.

24. CONSOLE YOURSELF: Schuyler, I, 424.

Chapter 27: The Founding of St. Petersburg

1. ON FESTIVAL DAYS: Weber, I, 304.

2. HERE, THANKS BE TO GOD: P&B, III, No. 723.

3. HIS MAJESTY, WITH HIS SKILL: Schuyler, II, 5.

4. ALLOWED TO EXCUSE THEMSELVES: Sbornik, I.R.I.O., L, 2.

5. AS HIS INTELLIGENCE: De Grunwald, 170.

6. THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY: P&B, IV, i, No. 1349.

7. ON THE 9TH AT MIDNIGHT: Sbornik, I.R.I.O., L, 401.

8. THE DAMAGE IS BEYOND WORDS: Ibid., LX, 348–9.

9. IT IS SURPRISING: Weber, I, 191.

10. PETERSBURG WILL NOT ENDURE”. Ustryalov, IV, i, 274.

11. LET THE TSAR: Schuyler, II, 6.

12. I CANNOT HELP WRITING YOU: Grey, 227.

13. ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH SCENT: Sumner, Emergence, 59.

14. 8,000 SINGING BIRDS: Sbornik, I.R.I.O., L, 6.

Chapter 28: Menshikov and Catherine

1. HOT PIES!: Ustryalov, IV, i, 208.

2. LOWER THAN A POLE: Kluchevsky, 11.

3. THAT ALEXANDER: Korb, II, 6.

4. NEITHER READ NOR WRITE. Sbornik, I.R.I.O., XXXIX, 125.

5. HE DOES WHAT HE LIKES: De Grunwald, 196.

6. n. SOME HAVE THOUGHT: Whitworth, 64.

7. I AM RARELY MERRY HERE: Schuyler, I, 437.

8. IT IS VERY NECESSARY: Ibid., 439.

9. WE ARE LIVING IN PARADISE: Ibid.

10. THE GREAT REASON WHY: Alexander Gordon, II, 258.

11. THE TSARITSA WAS IN THE PRIME: Waliszewski, 271.

12. IF YOU WERE HERE: Ibid., 277.

13. LETTER FROM PETER OF AUGUST 31, 1709: P&B, IX, i, No. 3397 (Schuyler, I, 441).

15. LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 24, 1709: Ibid., No. 3429; (ibid.).

16. LETTER OF OCTOBER 16, 1709: Ibid., No. 3464 (ibid., 442).

17. LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 14, 1711: Ibid., XI, ii, No. 4746 (ibid.).

18. LETTER OF SEPTEMBER 19, 1711: Ibid., No. 4763 (ibid.).

19. LETTER OF AUGUST 8, 1712: Schuyler, I, 442.

20. LETTER OF OCTOBER 2, 1712: Ibid., 443.

21. LETTER OF OCTOBER 6, 1712: Ibid.

22. KATERINUSHKA: Ibid.

23. LETTER OF JUNE 5, 1716: Ibid.

24. LETTER OF NOVEMBER 23, 1716: Ibid., 444.

25. LETTER FROM CATHERINE OF JULY 24, 1718: Ibid.

26. LETTER OF AUGUST 1, 1718: Ibid.

27. LETTER OF JULY 1723: Ibid.

Chapter 29: The Hand of the Autocrat

1. IT IS A PROSTITUTION: Basil Williams, 103.

2. WE HAD OVER TWENTY: Weber, I, 224.

3. TRAVEL BY SLEDS: Perry, 244.

4. THESE POSTS AND TREES ARE USEFUL: Lebrun, in Weber, II, 408.

5. IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR A TRAVELER: Weber, I, 114.

6. HE HAS TRAVELED: Perry, 279.

7. AS CONCERNS THE TRADING BUSINESS: Schuyler, II, 139.

8. SINCE GOD HAS SENT HIM: Solovev, VIII, 98.

9. WHAT SORT OF TSAR IS HE?: Ibid.

10. WE SHALL EXERCISE NO COMPULSION: Ibid., 76.

11. NOT TO FLATTER MY SUBJECTS: Staehlin, 219.

12. WE HAVE READ THE BOOK: Solovev, VIII, 334.

13. WHAT DIFFERENCE IS THERE?: Ibid., 88.

14. THE GOVERNOR AND OTHER OFFICERS: Schuyler, II, 157.

15. I HAVE TALKED FOR SOME TIME WITH THEM: Ibid., 158.

16. SUCH A TREMENDOUSLY CRAZY RABBLE: Ibid., 159.

17. DEFEND THE HOUSE: Ibid., 161.

18. THIS BUSINESS … IS NOW FINISHED: P&B, VI, No. 2068.

19. EXTINGUISH THIS FIRE: Solovev, VIII, 183.

20. EXECUTE THE WORST: P&B, VII, i, No. 2553.

Chapter 30: Polish Quagmire

1. THEY SEEM RESOLVED: Adlerfeld, II, 13.

2. THIS IS RUSSIAN … BLOOD: Staehlin, 49; Weber, I, 96.

3. NEVER SAW ANY NATION GO BETTER: Sbornìk, I.R.I.O., XXXIX, 56.

4. “OPEN THE GATE”: Adlerfeld, I, 168.

5. THE POLES MUST EITHER BE ANNIHILATED: Schuyler, II, 18.

6. FOR SWEDEN: Ibid., 19.

7. EVEN IF I SHOULD HAVE TO REMAIN: Ibid., 17.

8. I WOULD GIVE AUGUSTUS PEACE: Hatton, Charles, 187.

9. TEACH THEM … THE RIGHT LANGUAGE: Ibid., 199.

10. I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR LETTER: P&B, III, No. 788.

11. INADEQUATE TRAINING: Ibid., No. 862.

12. DO NOT BE SAD: Ibid., No. 864.

13. FROM WHOM DID YOU RECEIVE: Ibid., No. 1005.

14. I LEAVE ALL TO YOUR JUDGMENT: Ibid., IV, i, Nos. 1064, 1067.

15. ALL THE SAXON ARMY HAS BEEN BEATEN: Ibid., No. 1117.

16. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DESCRIBE: Adlerfeld, II, 218.

17. IT IS WITH INDESCRIBABLE JOY: P&B, IV, i, No. 1212.

18. THE GENERAL OF CAVALRY: Schuyler, II, 44.

19. YOU KNOW VERY WELL: Ibid., 50.

20. FOR THE PRESENT, IT IS I: Bengtsson, 232.

21. JOLLY AND AMUSING: Hatton, Charles, 215.

22. I THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT PATKUL: Schuyler, II, 55.

23. I KNOW PATKUL WELL: Ibid.

24. I AM DOING EVERYTHING TO SAVE HIM: Ustryalov, IV, i, 424.

25. WE TRUST THAT THE KING OF SWEDEN: P&B, V, Nos. 1690–3.

26. TAKE OFF MY HEAD: Schuyler, II, 60.

Chapter 31: Charles in Saxony

1. THAT HE WILL FAVOR THE ALLIES: Hatton, Charles, 225.

2. WHENEVER THE STATES OR ENGLAND: Churchill, V, 252.

3. TWELVE TRUMPETS: Adlerfeld, II, 329.

4. HAD HER SEX NOT PREVENTED IT: Churchill, V, 252.

5. I HOPE THAT IT HAS ENTIRELY DEFEATED: Hatton, Charles, 226.

6. I SHALL FALL BY NO OTHER BULLET: Browning, 357.

7. I AM MARRIED TO THE ARMY”. Hatton, Charles, 210.

8. THIS WAR LAY ONLY ON US: P&B, V, No. 1490.

9. I DO NOT THINK THAT MARLBOROUGH CAN BE BOUGHT: Ibid., IV, i, No. 1401.

10. THE AMBASSADOR OF MUSCOVY: Grey, 271.

11. HERE THERE IS NO AUTOCRATIC POWER: Ibid.

12. THE MINISTRY HERE IS MORE SUBTLE: Schuyler, II, 68.

13. TELL HUYSSEN: P&B, V, No. 1551.

14. CONCERNING ANDREI MATVEEV: Solovev, VIII, 256.

16. I WILL SACRIFICE THE LAST … SOLDIER: Schuyler, II, 66.

17. THE TSAR IS NOT YET HUMILIATED: Ibid.

18. POLAND WILL NEVER HAVE QUIET: Sumner, Emergence, 61.

19. THE POWER OF MUSCOVY: Ibid.

20. I HOPE PRINCE SOBIESKI: Schuyler, II, 66.

21. TO HUMAN EYES: Bengtsson, 242.

22. I CANNOT EXPRESS: Ibid.

23. THERE WAS NO DANGER: Ibid., 247.

Chapter 32 The Great Road to Moscow

1. BARBAROUS AND UNCHRISTIAN: Sbornik, I.R.I.O., XXXIX, 80.

2. NOBODY SPOKE OF ANYTHING: schuyler, II, 76.

3. FATTEN HIM UP: P &B, VI, No. 2050.

4. THAT YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING: Ibid., No. 1855.

5. YOU FEEL AGGRIEVED: Ibid., No. 1977.

6. GOD HAS GIVEN THE TSAR: Sbornik, I.R.I.O., XXXIX, 448–9.

7. HASTEN TO VILNA: Solovev, VIII, 199.

8. THEY HAVE EXECUTED THEIR DESIGN: Jefferyes, 35.

9. ALL CAVALRYMEN SHOULD OFF-SADDLE: Bengtsson, 253.

10. SO PITCHY DARK: Ibid.

11. HIS MAJESTY CAME UP TO ME: Ibid., 256.

12. THE ENEMY WOULD NOT DARE: Hatton, Charles, 255.

13. AN OLD PROPHECY: Ibid.

14. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HEALTHY: Solovev, VIII, 200.

15. I BEG YOU TO DO EVERYTHING: Ibid., 201.

16. YOU KNOW YOURSELF: Schuyler, II, 84.

Chapter 33: Golovchin and Lesnaya

1. I CANNOT ON THIS OCCASION: Jefferyes, 47.

2. THE BATTLE GREW SO HOT: Ibid., 51.

3. THE MUSCOVITES HAVE LEARNED: Ibid., 53.

4. I ASSURE YOU: P&B, VIII, i, Nos. 2616, 2619.

5. WE ARE NOW FORCED: Jefferyes, 61.

6. ALL DAY IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE: P&B, VIII, i, No. 2681.

7. THIS VICTORY MAY BE CALLED OUR FIRST: Poltava, 39.

Chapter 34: Mazeppa

1. TIS THOUGHT: Jefferyes, 63.

2. LAGERCRONA MUST BE MAD: Hatton, Charles, 271.

3. MILK AND HONEY: Jefferyes, 63.

4. FOR I, THE HETMAN: Solovev, VIII, 213.

5. ALTHOUGH I LOVE NO ONE ON EARTH: Schuyler, II, 101.

6. HIS GREAT VALUE: Solovev, VIII, 241.

7. IN ORDER TO PUT THE LAND: Ibid., 245.

8. WE WILL ALL DIE HERE: Schuyler, II, 107.

9. THE PEOPLE OF LITTLE RUSSIA: Solovev, VIII, 252.

Chapter 35: The Worst Winter Within Memory

1. AS IT HAD BEEN OUTSIDE THE WORLD: Bengtsson, 317.

2. THE COLD WAS BEYOND DESCRIPTION: Ibid., 319.

3. ALTHOUGH EARTH, SKY, AND AIR: Bain, Charles, 178.

4. THE CAMPAIGN IS SO DIFFICULT: Schuyler, II, 113.

5. I AND THE ARMY ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION: Ibid.

6. I SAW HIS MAJESTY KING CHARLES XIL Bengtsson, 329.

Chapter 36: The Gathering of Forces

1. INCLINED TO MAKE PEACE: Hatton, Charles, 285.

2. YOU ARE OUR LITTLE VAUBAN: Schuyler, II, 114.

3. THE KING WISHES TO HAVE A LITTLE AMUSEMENT: Ibid., 116.

4. I REALLY BELIEVE: Ibid.

5. WE HAVE GATHERED CLOSE: Solovev, VIII, 270.

6. COME! COME! SLASH AWAY!: Adlerfeld, II, 118.

7. SOLDIERS: THE HOUR HAS STRUCK: P&B, IX, i, No. 3251.

Chapter 37: Poltava

1. WOULD TO GOD: Bengtsson, 353.

2. ONE MISTAKE: Hatton, Charles, 297.

3. HERE THE RECONNAISSANCE: Ibid.

4. WOULD IT NOT BE BEST: Ibid., 299.

5. YOU MUST GO AND ATTACK THE ENEMY: Bengtsson, 366.

6. I BEGGED, THREATENED, CURSED: Hatton, Charles, 299.

7. ALL IS LOST!: Bengtsson, 370.

8. WHAT ARE WE TO DO NOW?: Bain, Charles, 189.

Chapter 38: Surrender by the River

1. WHERE IS MY BROTHER CHARLES?: Bain, Charles, 189.

2. YOU ARE AN HONEST FELLOW: Bain, Charles, 190.

3. WHO ARE YOUR TEACHERS?: Solovev, VIII, 274.

4. MATUSHKA, GOOD DAY: P&B, IX, i, No. 3266.

5. THIS IS TO INFORM YOU: Ibid., No. 3252.

6. THE FINAL STONE: Ibid., No. 3259.

7. DO WHAT YOU WILL: Bengtsson, 375.

8. IF, WITH THE GRACE OF GOD: Ibid., 382.

9. I WAS GUILTY: Hatton, Charles, 305.

10. WE WILL FIGHT IF THE OTHERS DO: Ibid.

Chapter 39: The Fruits of Poltava

1. SIR: THE GRACIOUS LETTER: P&B, IX, i, No. 3318.

2. FOR MY SINS: Solovev, VIII, 280.

3. WE HAVE NO CONFIRMATION: Churchill, VI, 119.

4. THIS AFTERNOON: Ibid., 120.

5. FOR THE GOOD OF THE HUMAN RACE: Schuyler, II, 127.

6. I ALWAYS WEAR THE CUTLASS: Ibid., 126.

7. SEVENTY THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING: De Grunwald, 113.

8. I HEAR THAT YOU INTEND: P&B, X, No. 3793.

9. AND THUS THROUGH THE TAKING OF THIS TOWN: Ibid., No. 3818.

10. A STRONG CUSHION: Ibid., No. 3814.

11. THE LAST TOWN HAS SURRENDERED: Ibid., No. 4059.

Chapter 41: Liberator of the Balkan Christians

1. THEY TAKE NO MORE NOTICE OF ME: Sbornik, I.R.I.O., LXI, 2, 35.

2. OH, HEAD, HEAD: Schuyler, II, 173.

3. MY RESIDENCE IS NOT PLEASANT: Ibid.

4. THE NEW VIZIER IS VERY ILL-DISPOSED: Ibid., 176.

5. DO NOT GO NEAR VORONEZH: Ibid.

6. WHAT HE HAS WRITTEN: Ibid., 177.

7. I AM IN GREAT FEAR: Ibid.

8. TWO … PASHAS HAVE BEEN STRANGLED: Ibid., 179.

9. TOO TERRIBLE, QUITE UNEXPECTED: Hatton, Charles, 313.

10. THE KING OF SWEDEN: Sumner, Emergence, 37.

11. HER “LION”: Ibid., 38.

12. ENSURE THE SAFE TRANSPORT: Bengtsson, 411.

13. THIS UNCERTAIN ROAD: Schuyler, II, 187.

14. DO AS IS MOST CONVENIENT: Ibid.

15. WE HERE ARE OFTEN AT BANQUETS: Solovev, VIII, 374–5.

16. THE NEXT DAY ABOUT FOUR O’CLOCK: Schuyler, II, 189.

17. I CANNOT SUFFICIENTLY EXPRESS: Ibid., 190.

18. WE HAVE NO OTHER TSAR: Sumner, Ottoman, 45.

19. THE DESCENDANTS OF THE HEATHEN: Ibid., 46.

Chapter 42: Fifty Blows on the Pruth

1. YOU KNOW HOW THE TURKS: Schuyler, II, 192.

2. A MAN VERY SENSIBLE AND USEFUL: Ibid., 193.

3. IT IS DANGEROUS TO DECLARE: Sumner, Ottoman, 44.

4. A GREAT POLTROON: Bengtsson, 414.

5. I HAVE WON ENOUGH FOR THE PORTE: Ibid., 418.

6. THEY HAD THE BIRD IN THEIR HAND: Ibid., 419.

7. I WISH THE DEVIL WOULD TAKE HIM: Schuyler, II, 202.

8. FALL TO PIECES: Sbornik, I.R.I.O., LXI, 74.

9. THIS WAR IS DISLIKED: Schuyler, II, 204.

10. NOT TO PLACE IN DESPAIR: Sumner, Ottoman, 42.

11. NOT WITHOUT GRIEF: Solovev, VIII, 389–90.

12. MY “GOOD FORTUNE”: Schuyler, II, 212.

Chapter 43: The German Campaign and Frederick William

1. A VIOLENT LOOSENESS: Sbornik, I.R.I.O., LXI, 12.

2. KATERINUSHKA, MY FRIEND: Schuyler, I, 442.

3. HIS GREAT TSARISH MAJESTY: Ibid., 216.

4. I WILL ANSWER YOUR LETTER: Ibid.

5. I FOUND HIS MAJESTY: Ibid., 230.

6. I AM VERY GLAD: Ibid.

7. THE TSAR DREAMED: Sbornik, I.R.I.O., LXI, 167.

8. THE COMPANY WAS … SPLENDID: Ibid., 143–6.

9. I CONSIDER MYSELF VERY UNFORTUNATE: Schuyler, II, 226.

10. I THINK YOUR MAJESTY KNOWS: Ibid.

11. DID SUCH A WISE MAN: Staehlin, 143.

12. THE TSAR ARRIVED: Schuyler, II, 231.

13. I HAVE FOUND THE NEW KING: Ibid., 237.

14. IF MY FATHER HAD TREATED ME: Mitford, 47.

15. TELL THE KING: Schuyler, II, 235 n.

16. I HOPE YOUR MAJESTY RECOGNIZED: Ibid., 229.

17. FOR GOD’S SAKE: Ibid.

18. THE ELECTOR APPEARED VERY FAVORABLY INCLINED: Ibid., 236.

19. THANKS FOR THE MONEY: Ibid., 241.

Chapter 44: The Coast of Finland

1. THE MOTHER OF SWEDEN: Schuyler, II, 245.

2. MODERATE HEIGHT: Bridge, 77.

3. EVEN WHEN THE TSAR: Ibid., 79.

4. GET RID OF LYBECKER: Schuyler, II, 245.

5. FRIENDS AND COMPANIONS: Staehlin, 349.

6. A BRAVE AND FAITHFUL SERVANT: Weber, I, 37.

Chapter 45: The Kalabalik

1. IF WE HAD SUCH A KING: Bain, Charles, 198.

2. LIKE ORGAN PIPES: Hatton, Charles, 356.

3. THE WHOLE HOST: Ibid., 357.

4. A VAST NUMBER OF THESE INFIDELS: Ibid., 358.

5. HIS MAJESTY DID ASSURE EVERY ONE: Ibid.

6. STANDING BETWIXT THREE TURKS: Bengtsson, 428.

7. I CANNOT EXPRESS TO YOUR EXCELLENCY: Hatton, Charles, 363.

8. IN AS GOOD A HUMOR: Ibid., 364.

9. THESE HELLISH CONSPIRACIES: Ibid.

10. GOD HAS ABANDONED MY BROTHER CHARLES: Bain, Charles, 218.

11. n. I AM NO HELMSMAN: Bengtsson, 454.

Chapter 46: Venice of the North

1. THE CROWD IS SO DENSE: Weber, I, 318.

2. POLISH CASTLES: De Grunwald, 161.

3. DANIL’ICH IS MAKING MERRY: Schuyler, II, 430.

4. WELCOME LEBLOND: Marsden, 61.

5. RAZE, SIRE, RAZE: Staehlin, 202.

6. SEND “SEEDS AND ROOTS”: Sumner, Emergence, 59.

7. FOUNTAINS AND WATER: Marsden, 65.

8. YOU ALONE, YOU RASCAL: Staehlin, 312.

9. OH IN NO WAY RESEMBLES YOUR MAJESTY’S: Sbornik, I.R.I.O., XLIX, 372.

Chapter 47: An Ambassador Reports

1. I HAD HARDLY ARRIVED: Weber, I, 4.

2. I WENT, ACCORDING TO THE CUSTOM: Ibid., 6.

3. THE TOASTS ARE BEGUN: Ibid., 26.

4. AN AMBASSADOR OF THE … KALMUCKS: Ibid., 5.

6. A HANDSOME COACH: Ibid., 83.

7. A PASSAGE THROUGH HIS DOMINIONS: Ibid., 20.

8. THE FESTIVAL OF EASTER: Ibid., 9.

9. A PRESENT OF TWO GIRLS: Schuyler, II, 437 n.

10. SINCE ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS: Ibid.

11. A VERY LITTLE DWARF: Weber, I, 285.

12. THE NUPTIALS OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY COUPLE: Ibid., 89.

13. THE RUSSIAN WAY: Ibid., 31.

14. THE GROUND LIES FULL OF BLOOD: Ibid., 328.

15. THE LIQUOR STANDS THERE: Ibid., 179.

16. ON JUNE 9, 1715, THE TSAR WENT TO KRONSTADT: Ibid., 92–5.

Chapter 48: The Second Journey West

1. A TYRANNICAL BOOR: Schuyler, II, 282.

2. THE DUKE HAS NO CUFFS ON: Ibid., 287.

3. NOT EVEN A CROOKED PIN: Ibid., 288.

4. I AM TRULY ASTONISHED: Solovev, IX, 44.

5. THE TSAR MUST GIVE ME … SATISFACTION: Schuyler, II, 289.

7. A SHARP KNIFE: Ibid., 290.

8. LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU WILL BE HERE: Solovev, IX, 53.

9. CHATTERING IN VAIN: Ibid.

10. THIRTY THOUSAND SWEDISH TROOPS’. Schuyler, II, 294.

11. SOLDIERS’ BELLIES: Ibid.

12. I I KNOW HIS WAY OF MAKING WAR: Hatton, Charles, 427.

13. CRUSH THE TSAR IMMEDIATELY: Schuyler, II, 294.

14. THE TSAR HAS GIVEN: Ibid., 297.

15. TOMFOOLERY!: Ibid.

16. WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN BEFORE: Solovev, IX, 57.

17. I RECEIVED YESTERDAY: Ibid.

18. CHANGED JOY TO GRIEF: Schuyler, II, 299.