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 →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 →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 →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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