The Electress Sophia and the Hanoverian succession

by Sir Adolphus William Ward

EN·~15 hours·13 chapters

Chapters

13 total

Transcriber’s Note:

0:40

THE ELECTRESS SOPHIA AND THEHANOVERIAN SUCCESSION

0:34

PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION

23:49

Corrigenda.

0:42

INTRODUCTORY

16:17

I DESCENT AND PARENTAGE; CHILDHOOD AND GIRLHOOD (LEYDEN, THE HAGUE, AND RHEENEN, 1630-1650)

1:56:24

II EARLY WOMANHOOD AND MARRIAGE(HEIDELBERG, 1650-1658)

1:24:57

III THE DUCHESS SOPHIA(HANOVER, OSNABRÜCK, AND HANOVER, 1658-1688)

1:39:25

IV THE ELECTORAL HOUSE OF HANOVER (HANOVER AND HERRENHAUSEN, 1688-1701)

2:59:10

V THE HEIRESS OF GREAT BRITAIN (HERRENHAUSEN, 1701-1714)

2:59:16

Details

Language

Duration

~15 hours (912K characters)

Release date

2025-11-15

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77237

Subjects

Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Succession Sophia, Electress, consort of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover, 1630-1714 DD

About the author

Sir Adolphus William Ward

1837–1924

Best remembered as a historian, editor, and university leader, he helped shape major collaborative works that brought English literature and modern history to a wide readership. His career linked Victorian Manchester and Cambridge at a time when both were becoming centers of serious scholarship.

View all books