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…
Read more →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…
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…
Read more →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 →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 →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 →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 →Eine weitere Episode aus Marwitz's Lebensbeschreibung, dieses Mal bei der Trauerfeier Friedrich Wilhelm des Zweiten in 1797 (die paragraphen sind…
Read more →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 →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 →Today is the Anniversary of the death of William I, last solely Prussian King, and the passing of the crown, briefly unfortunately, to his son…
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