Frederick the Great A Life in Deed and Letters

Name: Frederick the Great A Life in Deed and Letters
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ISBN: 9780312272661

ISBN-10: 0312272669

ISBN-13: 9780312272661

Edition: 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Giles MacDonogh, Giles Macdonogh

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Piet and soldier, misanthrope and philospher, Frederick the Great was a contradictory, almost unfathomable man. His conquests made him one of the most formindable and feared leaders of his era. But as a patron of artists and intellectuals, Frederick re-created Berlin as one of the continent's great cities, matching his state's reputation for military ferocity with one for cultural achievement. Though history remembers Frederick as a "Potsdam Fuhrer," his father more rightly deserved the title. When, as a youth, Frederick attempted to flee the elder man's brutality, the punishment was to watch the execution of his friend and co-conspirator, Katte. Though a subsequent compromise allowed…

Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 2/24/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English