From My Life: Poetry and Truth (Part Four) and Campaign in France 1792 / Siege of Mainz

An authoritative English translation of Goethe's classic autobiographical account of war and conquest in the age of revolutionIn August 1792, Goethe accompanied Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, during the unsuccessful Prusso-Austrian invasion of revolutionary France to restore Louis XVI as king. The French subsequently invaded the Rhineland and captured the city of Mainz, claiming ...