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Frederick the Great by Nancy Mitford · Booklabria

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Frederick the Great

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First published: 1970
Language: English
Editions: 10

Synopsis

After her enormously successful biographical studies of The Sun King, Nancy Mitford now turns to a less familiar but no less fascinating figure,Frederick the Great. She says she has never liked a subject for biography so much, and her enthusiasm for the Prussian king and his world is evident throughout this lively, illuminating and often moving record of the life of a very remarkable man.

Subjects: History
Biography
Kings and rulers
Prussia, history
Frederick ii, king of prussia, 1712-1786
Set in: Prussia
Time: Frederick II, 1740-1786; Biography
Characters: Frederick II King of Prussia

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