"Frederick The Great" 1970 MITFORD, Nancy

"Frederick The Great" 1970 MITFORD, NancyMITFORD, Nancy[304] pp. Harper & Row197010 1 4" x 7 7 8"Frederick the Great was a complex man, not merely a brilliant military strategist and statesman, but also a scholar, musician and patron of the arts. Nancy Mitford's enthusiasm for the Prussian king and his world is evident throughout this lively, illuminating and often moving biography. She describes Frederick's dreadful childhood, his years of solitary study at Rheinsberg, his relationship with

MITFORD, Nancy

[304] pp.

Harper & Row

1970

10 1/4" x 7 7/8"

Frederick the Great was a complex man, not merely a brilliant military strategist and statesman, but also a scholar, musician and patron of the arts. Nancy Mitford's enthusiasm for the Prussian king and his world is evident throughout this lively, illuminating and often moving biography. She describes Frederick's dreadful childhood, his years of solitary study at Rheinsberg, his relationship with his friends, who were nearly all Frenchmen, and with the members of his large and interesting family. She races through his military campaigns, giving the salient facts of the highly picturesque battles, and she unravels the complicated diplomacy which he conducted with such regrettable bad faith, but which led eventually to a united Germany dominated by Prussia.