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I'm now in the process of dismantling volume VII of Carlyle's History of Frederick the Great ready for rebinding. Once again it seemed like a good…
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Today is the 260th anniversary of the Berliner Husarenstreich in 1757, when Austro-Hungarian forces briefly occupied Berlin whilst Frederick the Great…
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Well I've finally finished the first volume; Lebensbeschreibung, of Marwitz's Nachlasse, after starting reading it shortly after the New Year. I've…
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Waiting to be framed at the moment, Historische Karte von Preußen, around 1891 apparently, obviously taken from a book at some point but a nice little…
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I couldn't help but include this observation on page 421 of Marwitz's Nachlasse, both for the careless lack (I doubt it was a problem at the time) of…
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A couple of small excerpts, both relating to Marwitz's opinion of the effect of the Hardenberg reforms on Prussian society (Seiten 382 & 386). Das…
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Purely by coincidence I just started reading about the Battle of Mollwitz in "Ausgewählte Werke Friedrichs des Großen", Erster Band, on the same day…
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This seemed apposite considering my views of current politics, it was for opinions like this that Marwitz went to Spandau for a short while.
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Today is the 258th anniversary of the battle of Kunersdorf, not Frederick the Great's greatest moment. The king himself lost 3 horses, 1 shot from…
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