1. J.N. Duggan. Sophia of Hanover: From Winter Princess to Heiress of Great Britain, 1630–1714. P. 153–154.
2. Eugenii V. Anisimov. Five Empresses. P. 9. Я особенно благодарна этому автору за большую часть информации о ранних годах жизни Марты.
3. R. Nisbet Bain. Charles XII and the Collapse of the Swedish Empire. P. 74.
4. Evgenii V. Anisimov. The Reforms of Peter the Great: Progress through violence in Russia. P. 3.
5. Evgenii V. Anisimov. Five Empresses: Court Life in Eighteenth-Century Russia. P. 182.
9. Король Швеции Карл XII: от триумфа к трагедии
1. См.: Cecilia Nordenkull. Karl XII: Kungamord. P. 23–25.
2. R. Nisbet Bain. Charles XII. P. 47.
10. Россия в эпоху дворцовых переворотов
1. Boris Antonov. Russian Tsars. P. 106.
2. Evgenii V. Anisimov. Five Empresses. P. 219.
11. От первых Гогенцоллернов до Фридриха Великого
1. German History in Documents and Images (GHDI). From Absolutism to Napoleon, 1648–1815. Vol.2. Edict of Potsdam. P. 2.
2. Williams, Ernest Neville. The Ancien Régime in Europe: Government and Society in the Major States, 1648–1789. P. 305.
3. Nancy Mitford. Frederick the Great. P. 44.
4. Giles Macdonogh. Frederick the Great. P. 89.
5. Thomas Carlyle. History of Friedrich II of Prussia Called Frederick the Great. Vol. 3. P. 130.
6. Nancy Mitford. Frederick the Great. P. 68.
7. Giles Macdonogh. Frederick the Great. P. 131.
8. Adam Zamoyski. Last King of Poland. P. 30.
9. Nancy Mitford. Frederick the Great. P. 167.
10. Voltaire. Memoirs of the Life of Voltaire. P. 49.
11. David Fraser. Frederick the Great. P. 192.
12. «J’aurai besoin de lui (Voltaire) un an au plus; on presse l’orange et on jette l’écorce». Voltaire to Madame Denis, 2 Sept 1751, D 4564, XII. Vol. 96 (1971).
13. «C’est l’affaire d’un fripon qui veut tromper un filou». Frederick to Wilhelmine, 22 January 1751, D 4358, XII. Vol. 96 (1971).
14. David Fraser. Frederick the Great. P. 427.
15. Mark Cruse & Hilde Hoogenboom (transl.). The Memoirs of Catherine the Great. P. 214.
16. David Fraser. Frederick the Great. P. 457.
17. Ibid. P. 479.
18. Ibid. P. 487.
19. Hajo Holborn. A History of Modern Germany, 1648–1840. P. 218.
20. David Fraser. Frederick the Great. P. 507.
21. Nancy Mitford. Frederick the Great. P. 288.
22. Nancy Mitford. Frederick the Great. P. 291.
23. Giles Macdonogh. Frederick the Great. P. 30.
24. Ibid. P. 384.
12. Екатерина Великая: от немецкой принцессы до императрицы Всероссийской
1. Mark Cruse and Hilde Hoogenboom (transl.). Memoirs of Catherine the Great. P. 50.
2. Ibid. P. 32.
3. Adam Zamoyski. The last King of Poland. P. 54.