Fritz & the Hohenzollerns
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
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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Very pleased with my copies of "Die Lebensgeschichte des großen Königs Friedrich von Preußen", or "Fridrich" if you go by the label on the spine...
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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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Today in 1757, Prussia won the Battle of Leuthen.
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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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Purely by coincidence I just started reading about the Battle of Mollwitz in "Ausgewählte Werke Friedrichs des Großen", Erster Band, on the same day…
Read more →Monbijouplatz and Modernity
Well here I am in a hotel on Monbijouplatz on the 18th März, I knew the Schloß was no longer here but a plaque might have been nice. Same for In den…
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