Prussian Curiosities

Prussian Curiosities

Leuthen - C.F. Scherenberg

22-07-2022

Another acquisition this month; Leuthen (Gedicht) by Christian Friedrich Scherenberg. I have yet to read it all, but the first verse seems to fit well…

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Fritz & the Hohenzollerns

25-04-2021

A nice quote from close to the end of Carlyle's History of Frederick, I now have one volume left to read.Prussia has been a meritorious Nation; and,…

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Monbijou Print

03-04-2020

I'm pleased with the small print I received yesterday of Schloß Monbijou, dating to about 1833, the downside is that due to this Corona lunacy the…

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Jakob Clement

16-01-2020

Die Clement Affäre ist eine echte preußische Kuriosität, und hat mich kürzlich bezaubert. In 1719 hat ein Mann namens (angeblich) Jakob Clement dem…

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Peter the Great in Berlin

26-11-2019

Finally reading more of Carlyle's History of Frederick the Great I was pleasantly surprised to find that Peter the Great of Russia begged to stay at…

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