Frederick the Great: King of Prussia by Tim Blanning (Hardcover, 2015)

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This book, "Frederick the Great: King of Prussia" by Tim Blanning, is a hardcover edition published in 2015. It offers a detailed account of the life and reign of Frederick the Great, the influential monarch of Prussia. Tim Blanning provides insight into Frederick's military campaigns, political strategies, and cultural impact during his rule. With a like-new condition, this book is a valuable resource for those interested in European history and the legacy of Frederick the Great.

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Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, dominated the eighteenth century in the same way that Napoleon dominated the start of the nineteenth. He was a force of nature, a ruthless, brilliant, charismatic military commander, a monarch of exceptional energy and talent, a gifted composer, performer, poet and philosopher, and a discerning patron of artists, architects and writers, most famously Voltaire. From the very start of his reign he was an intensely divisive figure - fascinating even to those who hated him. Tim Blanning's brilliant new biography captures Frederick's vitality, complexity and flawed genius better than any previous writer. He also re-creates a remarkable era, the last flowering of the old regime that would be swept away almost immediately after Frederick's death by the French Revolution. Equally at home on the battlefield or in the music room at Frederick's extraordinary miniature palace of Sanssouci, Blanning draws on a lifetime's immersion in the eighteenth century to present Frederick in the round, with new attention paid to his cultural self-fashioning, including his sexuality. Frederick's spectre has hung over Germany ever since, both as inspiration and warning - Blanning at last allows us to understand him in his own time. Praise for Tim Blanning's The Pursuit of Glory 'Let the nations rejoice- this history of Europe is a truly glorious book.' Sunday Times 'A page turner . . . history writing at its glorious best.' The New York Times 'Magnificent . . . hard to read with a jaw permanently dropped in admiration.' Sunday Telegraph, Books of the Year 'Sparkling . . . unfailingly accurate, good-humoured and often witty.' Guardian 'History writing at its best . . . Blanning shows how it should be done.' Literary Review