The Romance of a Regiment - Being the True and Diverting Story of the Giant Grenadiers of Potsdam, How They Were Caught and Held in Captivity, 1713-1740 #246295

Scarcely had English Anne ceased to touch for the old King's-evil at the Court of St. James, when a King's-evil of a more virulent type began to show itself at the Court of Berlin.<br><br>It was the spring of 1713, and King Frederick William, the first of that name, had but just ascended the throne of Prussia.