Frederick the Great : King of Prussia
"Tim Blanning, a master of combining the fields of political, economic, social, and intellectual history, is just the writer to bring us both Frederick's military triumphs--he consolidated a kingdom of scattered territories into one formidable nation--as well as his cultural and political...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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New York : Random House,
[c 2016]
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| Schlagworte: | Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 Enlightenment Social change Friedrich |
| Umfang: | xxix, 653 Seiten |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Part I. The sufferings and greatness of FrederickThe inheritance
- The breaking of Frederick
- The making of Frederick
- The making of Frederick (part two)
- The masterful servant of the state
- Culture
- Part II. War and peace
- Peace and war, 1745-1756
- The Seven Years War : the first three campaigns
- The Seven Years War : disaster and survival
- The Seven Years War : why Frederick won
- A long peace, a short war and double diplomacy
- Part III. On the home front
- Public and nation
- Light and dark on the home front
- Country and town
- At court and at home
- Conclusion: Death and transfiguration.