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 →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 →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 →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 →Eine kleine, interessante aber etwas grausame Episode beim Schlacht bei Zorndorf, aus "Die Schlacht von Zorndorf" von Dr Adolf Schottmüller (Berlin…
Read more →Although eventually heavily bombed in WWII and finally demolished in 1959, Schloß Monbijou could have been destroyed in 1848 were it not for the brave…
Read more →New aquisition received today; 'Was hat Preußen für Deutschland geleistet' by Wolfgang Menzel, Stuttgart 1870. In fairly good condition, cost around…
Read more →I thought I'd add this here as I was looking for a quote to submit for possible inclusion into a book about the alte deutsche Schrift and liked this,…
Read more →Lebensbeschreibung Hans Joachims von Zieten Latest bit of light reading. A biography of Prussian General von Zieten by his niece Louise Johanne…
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