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Frederick the Great

Mitford, NancyWilliams, Kate(Introduction by)
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY KATE WILLIAMSFrederick II of Prussia attempted to escape his authoritarian father as a boy, but went on to become one of history's greatest rulers.

He loved the flute, and devoted hours of study to the arts and French literature, forming a long-lasting but turbulent friendship with Voltaire.

He was a military genius and enlarged the borders of his empire, but he also promoted religious tolerance, economic reform and laid the foundation for a united Germany.

Nancy Mitford brings all these contradictions and achievements to sparkling life in an fascinating, intimate biography.

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Vintage Classics
009952886X / 9780099528869
Paperback / softback
06/10/2011
United Kingdom
English
224 p.
20 cm
Reprint. Originally published: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1970.