Excerpt from The Female Revolutionary Plutarch, Vol. 2 of 3: Containing Biographical, Historical and Revolutionary Sketches, Character and Anecdotes Maria Theresa, whom the Hungarians, pre ferring the lance to the distaff, would acknow ledge by no other appellation than that ofkmg, by her intrepidity and genius rescued the greater part of her dominions from a formidable rival. Although her imperial majesty had lost Silesia, in consequence of a war, which may be con sidered as a commentary written in blood by Frederic the Great on his anti-machiavel, yet she remained in such a formidable position, as to be enabled to act an important part in the affairs of Europe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.