Frederick the Great
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Frederick the Great
By Theodor Schieder, H.R. Scott, Sabina Krausethe early 1770s, by which time Russia was indisputably master of Poland. He would not act until he was sure that a Prussian intervention would not jeopardise his relationship with St Petersburg and that Russia would participate in the ...
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Frederick the Great: A Military Life
By Christopher DuffyFor tactical and strategic ingenuity, for daring and ruthless determination and the capacity to inspire troops, Frederick the Great was without equal.
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Frederick the Great: A Military Life
By Christopher Duffyaction at Dresden (Mitchell, 1850, II, 176; Lehndorff, 1910¥13, I, 252¥3). As for the credit for the victory, Mitchell records that Frederick awarded it to the bravery of his troops and claimed that everything else was due to the ...
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Frederick the Great: A Life in Deed and Letters
By Giles MacDonogh... 297; at Torgau, wo— I; survives Seven Years War, 5x6; tries Finrk, 322; final visir t0 Frederick, 38} Zimmcrmann, johann Georg, Rjner von, 37$v $80,584 Zirtau, 157 Znaym, Moravia, 162 Zomdnrfi Barrie of' (17%), 17\ 6' 284.
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Frederick the Great: King of Prussia
By Tim BlanningWilhelm Kothe, Friedrich der Grosse als Musiker, sowie Freund und Förderer der musikalischen Kunst (Braunsberg, 1869), p. 17: "Die Franzosen wissen nur Comödie zu spielen und die Italiener zu singen, aber Musik zu schreiben, ...
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Frederick the Great: A Military History
By Dennis ShowalterFrom a renowned military historian and winner of a Pritzker Literature Award, this book provides a refreshing, multidimensional depiction of Frederick the Great and an objective, detailed reappraisal of his military, political, and social ...
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Frederick the Great: King of Prussia
By David Fraser"David Fraser, himself a noted general and author of a bestselling biography of Erwin Rommel, places Frederick's life as a soldier at the center of this immaculately researched book, allowing...
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Frederick the Great
By Nancy MitfordIn Frederick the Great, a richly entertaining biography of one of the eighteenth century’s most fascinating figures, the trademark wit of the author of Love in a Cold Climate finds its ideal subject.
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Frederick the Great: A Historical Profile
By Gerhard Ritter"--Choice "This book is not a detailed account of a man and his times in the usual sense, but a critical examination of Frederick the Great, the institutions of absolutism, the difference between Germany's past and that of its western ...
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Frederick the Great: A Life in Deed and Letters
By Giles MacDonoghPiet and soldier, misanthrope and philospher, Frederick the Great was a contradictory, almost unfathomable man.
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Frederick the Great: The Seven Years' War 1756-63
By Gary Schreckengost" In this volume, read about Frederick's desperate battles against his many dangerous enemies during the horrific Seven Years' War (1756-63).
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Frederick the Great: King of Prussia
By Tim BlanningPearson , Voltaire Almighty , pp . 217–18 . 70. Besterman ( ed . ) , Voltaire's Correspondence , vol . 18 , p . 193 . 71. Ibid . , p . 197 . 72. Ibid . , p . 214 . 73. A concise account of the issues at stake can be found in appendix 56 ...
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Frederick the Great: The Magnificent Enigma
By Robert B. AspreyTraces the life of the eighteenth-century Prussian King, examines the history of the period, and assesses his influence on the period
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Frederick the Great: The Philosopher King
By Victor ThaddeusThis is a new release of the original 1930 edition.
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Frederick the Great: A Historical Profile
By Gerhard RitterGERHARD RITTER'S biography of Frederick the Great onglnated in a series of lectures, which were published with scarcely any revisions in 1936.
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Frederick the Great
By C. B. BrackenburyWhen Frederick ascended to his throne, Prussia was a loosely scattered kingdom of provinces in modern Germany, culturally and technologically inferior to Enlightened France and Great Britain to the west.
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Frederick the Great: A Life in Deed and Letters
By Giles MacDonoghA look at the life of Frederick the Great reveals the often misunderstood king as not only a feared conqueror, but also a patron of the arts and a progressive lawmaker who helped make Berlin one of Europe's great capital cities.
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Frederick the Great: The Philosopher King
By Victor ThaddeusThis is a new release of the original 1930 edition.