Marie von Clausewitz : the woman behind the making of On War / Vanya Eftimova Bellinger.

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"The marriage between Carl von Clausewitz and Countess Marie von Brühl was an unlikely partnership. A wealthy, cultured, politically-literate but plain woman with interests of her own, Marie's marriage to a less-fortunate, then-unknown officer in 1810 did not make sense by most accounts. But their r...

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Main Author: Bellinger, Vanya Eftimova (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Clausewitz, Marie Sophie von Brühl von, > 1779-1836.
Clausewitz, Marie Sophie von Brühl von, > 1779-1836 > Marriage.
Clausewitz, Carl von, > 1780-1831 > Marriage.
Clausewitz, Carl von, > 1780-1831. > Vom Kriege. > English > Sources.
Clausewitz, Marie Sophie von Brühl von, > 1779-1836 > Correspondence.
Clausewitz, Carl von, > 1780-1831 > Correspondence.
Generals' spouses > Germany > Biography.
Women editors > Germany > Biography.
HISTORY / Military / General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century.
Clausewitz, Carl von, > 1780-1831. > Vom Kriege. > Selections. > English > Sources.
Genre:
Sources.
Correspondence.
Biography.
Physical Description:xiv, 298 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Two worlds apart (1779-1801)
  • Falling in love (1802-June 1806)
  • Disaster and separation (July 1806-October 1807)
  • The long engagement (November 1807-November 1809)
  • Marriage (December 1809-March 1812)
  • Exile (April 1812-January 1813)
  • The wars of liberation (March 1813-August 1815)
  • The way ahead (August 1815-December 1818)
  • The decade in Berlin (1819-1829)
  • The last years together (December 1829-November 1831)
  • The emergence of On War (December 1831-January 1836)
  • Postscript.