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Pleasure and Ambition

The Life, Loves and Wars of Augustus the Strong

By: Tony Sharp

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Hardcover | 25 May 2001 | Edition Number 1

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Augustus the Strong of Saxony’s life was consumed by two addictions: the relentless pursuit of power and the uncompromising pursuit of pleasure. From his accession as Elector of Saxony in 1694 (when his brother the previous Elector died under mysterious circumstances) he pursued political power and glory by fighting the Ottoman Turks, purchasing the Polish throne (becoming a Catholic in the bargain) and warring against Sweden. His other great addiction--to pleasure--primarily in the female form--continually distracted Augustus from the single-minded pursuit of his dynastic aim. (He was reputed to have produced an illegitimate child for every day of the year.) This is the first biography in English of Augustus, and is based on primary German sources and the dispatches of English diplomats.

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Prince of Great Hopes
Nothing Other than a Sword
This Marriage Will Not End Well
To Engage the Elector
Carrying My Cloak on Both Shoulders
So Many Extraordinary Changes
Je Payeray la Folie Bien Cher
A Restless Ambitious Spirit
To the Ruin of that House
So Much to Do
Setting Up His Government upon the Hinges
Upon Another Scent
At Last got Out of Their Nests
Able to do Nothing
My Greatest Ambition is Glory
Whoever Bids Most
The Intestine Broils of the Kingdom
The Chief Promoters of this Present War
To Make War on Sweden
But by Ruin of My Foes
In a Lucky Minute
A Long Train of Miseries
Wholly at a Stand
A Scission is Likely
His Crown is not Worth any Longer Struggle
His Coming into Saxony
To Please the King of Sweden
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Pleasure and Ambition

The Life, Loves and Wars of Augustus the Strong

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