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Skomlin Press

Count Brühl

ISBN 9780987401410

Format Perfect BoundPages 256USD $21.95 · GBP £14.95 · EUR €18.95 · AUD A$29.95Category FICTION / Historical / General

Count Henryk Brühl (1700–1763) was a statesman at the court of Saxony and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who rose meteorically from a Dowager Countess’ page to Prime Minister of the King. With determination and ruthless cunning he managed to despatch his rivals and control the King and through him Saxony and Poland. He was the presiding genius of the regime much like Thomas Cromwell to Henry the VIII.

But his ambition and greed exceeded his political ability and finally left the country bankrupt and utterly unprepared to face the attacks of the Prussian king.

This is the story of the rise and fall of one of history’s forgotten legends.

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Contributors

Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812-1887) was among the most prolific writers in literary history, author of more than 200 novels alongside plays, poetry and historical studies. A Polish novelist, journalist and political activist, he travelled across pre-partition Poland and much of Europe, and is celebrated above all for his cycle of historical novels. Skomlin also publishes Kraszewski's Countess Cosel.