Full name: Frederick the Great: The Magnificent Enigma

Author: Robert Asprey Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Biographies, History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780899193526 9780595469000 0899193528 0595469000

A cradle-to-the-grave of one of the most intriguing rulers in history, King Frederick the Great who raised the small kingdom of Prussia to major power status in the turbulent military and political struggles of the 18th century. A cruel childhood forced him to lie, deceive and cheat in order to enjoy, if only for brief periods, the life of an intellectual. Once on the throne he spent many years of often brilliant field command of his army in seemingly endless campaigns. He remained an intellectual, however, an essayist, historian, poet, flautist, consorting when possible with the French writer Voltaire. Similar books: The Reign Of Napoleon Bonaparte by Robert Asprey Bismarck by A. J. P. Taylor Bismarck by Jonathan Steinberg Nelson and Emma by Roger Hudson Bismarck by Edward Crankshaw Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939 by Volker Ullrich The Warburgs by Ron Chernow Perdita by Paula Byrne Iron Kingdom by Christopher Clark The Last Kaiser by Giles MacDonogh The Wright Brothers by David McCullough Wedlock by Wendy Moore Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne Bess of Hardwick by Mary S. Lovell Amerigo by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester Mobituaries by Mo Rocca Gandhi by Mahatma Gandhi The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir The Meaning of Everything by Simon Winchester