Adalbert und die Schuhe
From Kotzebue's Preussens ältere Geschichte, Volume 1: Selbst bey Nacht, wenn tiefer Schlaft das ganze Hoflager deckte, schlich er von Kammer zu…
Read more →From Kotzebue's Preussens ältere Geschichte, Volume 1: Selbst bey Nacht, wenn tiefer Schlaft das ganze Hoflager deckte, schlich er von Kammer zu…
Read more →Despite the nagging suspicion of a resemblance to Baron Münchhausen the memoirs of Achaz von Bismarck were quite fascinating. There was only a brief…
Read more →From "Der Kinderfreund", volume 11, 1779. OK, not strictly Prussian, although Hanau where the book was published was annexed by Prussia after choosing…
Read more →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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