Prussian Curiosities

Prussian Curiosities

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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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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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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Maps!

27-10-2017

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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Mollwitz

31-08-2017

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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