Prussian Curiosities

Prussian Curiosities

Wolfersdorf at Torgau

28-01-2021

A great little anecdote from Thomas Carlyle's History of Frederick the Great, how Colonel von Wolfersdorf "beautifully defends himself in Torgau", and…

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Posen 1848

30-09-2020

Sorry for the long delay, I've had, and still have, a lot of letters to write, amongst other stuff. I wonder how long since copies of these two books…

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Nettelbeck und Gneisenau

07-06-2020

Als wir dort angekommen und unter sechs augen Waren, wandte sich der Hauptmann zu mir mit den Worten: "Freuen Sie sich, alter Freund! Dieser Herr hier…

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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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