9 edition of The making of Frederick the Great. found in the catalog.
The making of Frederick the Great.
Edith Simon
Published
1963
by Little, Brown in Boston
.
Written in
Edition Notes
Includes bibliography.
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | DD404 .S57 1963a |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 296 p. |
| Number of Pages | 296 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL5878545M |
| LC Control Number | 63008963 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 708769 |
The definitive biography of the legendary autocrat whose enlightened rule transformed the map of Europe and changed the course of history Few figures loom as large in European history as Frederick the Great. When he inherited the Prussian crown in , he ruled over a kingdom of scattered territories, a minor Germanic backwater. By the end of his reign, the much larger and consolidated 3/5(4). “[Blanning] has a reach that exceeds that of most of his peers This book is a rich, dense but accessible work of high scholarship.”—The Times. From the Publisher. 02/01/ Frederick the Great ruled Prussia from until his death in /5(1).
You can write a book review and share your experiences. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books you've read. Whether you've loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Frederick, then, became a roi philosophe, a philosopher king who, after studying great books in his youth, applied the knowledge he had acquired for the interest of his people. Frederick’s reign took place during the century of the Enlightenment, a cultural movement .
Frederick's father, “The Great Elector” Frederick William I, was a hard, gruff man who freely boasted of being a blunt, unlettered German prince, a hostile alien to the Francophile tendencies. Frederick the Great offers a portrait in chiaroscuro, full of intricate shadings and startling contrasts.” — The Wall Street Journal “As Tim Blanning makes clear in a new biography that is at once scholarly and highly readable, Frederick the Great fully deserves history’s .
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Frederick achieved that goal, becoming a transformational monarch who brought his country out of obscurity and made it one of the Great Powers of eighteenth century Europe, while at the same time making himself a well known leader of Enlightenment culture. It is always a pleasure to review a well-written book on an important subject.
Cambridge scholar Tim Blanning's "Frederick the Great," a lengthy but never lagging biography of one of history's. While the other field mice stockpile food for the winter, Frederick gathers rays from the sun, a rainbow of colors, and marvelous words.
Frederick, an apparently lazy mouse, has a special surprise for the mice who thought he should have been storing up supplies for the winter. Praise for Frederick: "While other mice are gathering food for the winter, Frederick.
What are the best books in English on Fredrick the Great, and the Seven Years War in Europe. I am looking to get some historical background to help enrich and develop my understanding of Friedrich.
"Evening in the Palace of Reason" by James R Gaines is not a military book, but a superb biography, hard to put down, and a great way to catch the. Guidelines for Philosophical Discussion.
Frederick raises many philosophical questions. The Nature of Community and the social philosophy that governs community is just one. Frederick's story appears to be sympathetic to Collectivism, a term that describes any moral, political or social outlook that stresses human interdependence and the importance of a collective, rather than the importance.
The making of Frederick the Great. [Edith Simon] Home. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Search. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for ?This is a fine book about a great king. Edith Simon, so far distinguished chiefly as a writer of historical fiction.
Frederick the Great has books on Goodreads with ratings. Frederick the Great’s most popular book is Anti-Machiavel. Born inFrederick William II, known as Frederick the Great, was the third Hohenzollern King of Prussia. Although Prussia had been an influential and important part of the Holy Roman Empire for centuries, under Frederick’s rule the small kingdom rose to the status of a Great European Power and had a lasting effect on European politics in general and Germany specifically.
Frederick the Great (–), King of Prussia, initiated the Seven Years' War in ; outfought the formidable French, Russian, and Austrian armies aligned against him; and established Prussia as a major power, thereby decisively influencing the next two centuries of European history/5.
The making of Frederick the Great. [Edith Simon] -- Narrative biography of the young Crown Prince to the age of thirty-five, with a background study of the kingdom of Prussia under King Frederick William. Frederick the Great is judged by many historians to have been an enlightened despot.
Geoffrey Roberts on an impressive, comprehensive new. Even before his succession, Frederick had compiled an astonishing collection of books in his personal library, which included the writings of the greatest minds of his time such as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, John Locke, Pierre Bayle and was not only a curious reader but a writer wrote his perhaps the most famous prose, Anti Machiavel, in his last days in Rheinsberg Palace in In ‘Anti.
But in the case of Frederick the Great, it's almost inevitable. It was thanks to Frederick that, during the 18th century, Prussia became one of the dominant powers of Europe. Without him, no Bismarck, and probably a very different Germany; so, probably, 5/5. Frederick II, byname Frederick the Great, German Friedrich der Grosse, (born JanuBerlin, Prussia [Germany]—died AugPotsdam, near Berlin), king of Prussia (–86), a brilliant military campaigner who, in a series of diplomatic stratagems and wars against Austria and other powers, greatly enlarged Prussia’s.
Great deals on Frederick the Great Original Antiquarian & Collectible Books. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at Fast & Free shipping on many items!. Anti-Machiavel: A essay by Frederick the Great consisting of a chapter-by-chapter rebuttal of The Prince, the 16th-century book by Niccolò Machiavelli, and Machiavellianism in general.
Frederick’s argument is essentially moral in nature.Thomas Carlyle’s History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great was published in six volumes between and and was his last major work.
Carlyle had a specific purpose in mind when he began writing Frederick. He believed that contemporary events had left Europe in disarray and the British nation fragmented. On 24, March,Prussian king Frederick the Great passed the circular order that should ensure the cultivation and deployment of potatoes in his ly, citizens received this only rather refusing, because this subterranean vegetable seemed rather suspicious to them.
But there is the saying that the king used a clever trick to convince his subjects .
