Cover of Frederick the Great

Frederick the Great

by T. C. W. Blanning

2016 653 pages eng

A portrait of the contradictory ruler who helped elevate Prussia to a first-rate power in the eighteenth century explores such topics as his military accomplishments, his long relationship with Voltaire, and his embrace of Enlightenment philosophies.

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