Friedrich III - Wilhelm II
Today is the the 129th (only 129, how the world changes) anniversary of the untimely death of Frederick III and the ascension of Wilhelm II. You could…
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Bellona and the Magic Stick
Time for another Marwitz instalment, this time a couple of small, superstitious observations from 1806. In the lead up to the war with Napoleon (der…
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Hauptmann von Blumenstein, billeted with Marwitz in Dresden in 1805, seems like quite the character. Although stereotypically French (lively,…
Read more →Der Tag ist Angebrochen #2
Today I received a copy of Der Tag ist Angebrochen! in the post, via AbeBooks as usual. 2nd edition, 1852, a little tatty but solid. I'm confident…
Read more →Campe's Kleine Kinderbibliothek
A new purchase, once again inspired by a reference in Marwitz's memoirs (Seite 77), apparently he read this whilst stuck in Nieszawa in Poland without…
Read more →Der Tag ist angebrochen!
I found a not particularly flattering reference to "Der Tag ist angebrochen!" by Rudolph Dulon in "Briefwechsel des Generals Leopold von Gerlach mit…
Read more →Huldigung Friedrich Wilhelm des Dritten
Another incident, this time at the Huldigung for Friedrich Wilhelm III in 1798, sounds like a good day out. Somewhat of an anti-democracy theme so…
Read more →Schröckh's Allgemeine Weltgeschichte für Kinder
I found the entry in Marwitz's Nachlasse about his education interesting, interesting enough to obtain a 1781 copy of one of his textbooks. The idea…
Read more →Zucker
Diesen Auszug aus Marwitz's Nachlasse (S. 55) hat mich zum Lachen gebracht: Ich wurde unterwegs durch und durch naß und ernstlich unwohl. Wie ich ihm…
Read more →Der Kutscher Pfund
This time from Friedrich von der Marwitz's Lebensbeschreibung. Von der Marwitz tells us that whilst travelling Frederick the Great liked to stay with…
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