Frederick the Great (Great lives) by Alan Palmer - 1974-10-24

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Orion Publishing Group, Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1974 Introduction by Elizabeth Longford, the General Editor of Great Lives, of which this book is one in the series. Library sticker and stamps. 231 pages, richly illustrated. Index. Size: Approx 7" Wide - 10" Tall

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.8vo,231pp includes pictorial eps,colour frntis,100 b/w illus,20pp of colour plates,further reading list,illustrations list and index.Title from the Great Lives series under the editorship of Elizabeth Longford. Frederick the Great (1712-86),King of Prussia,was one of the most interesting and successful monarchs of all time,and yet few kings have remained so elusive.From his austere,unhappy childhood,when he was frequently beaten viciously by his boorish father,to the archetypal Philosopher-King which he became,excelling in wisdom,cultivating the arts,practising diplomacy,and waging warfare with equal brilliance,there are many questions which need to be answered.How did Frederick play off his greedy and grasping neighbours,so as to set them against each other? How was it that,in the course of his reign,he welded the fragmented little state of Prussia into one of the most formidable powers of Europe,thus laying the… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.