Frederick the Great: King of Prussia

by David Fraser (Author), David Fraser (Author)

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  The military genius of his age, Frederick the Great has always aroused extreme opinions. Some saw him as the greatest man who has ever lived , while others have accused him of creating the Prussio ultra-nationalism which culminated in Hitler. But this paternalistic ruler, who once said he wanted nothign more than to be remembered as Le Rois des greux , the king of the beggars, was also a polymath whose artistic and intellectual abilities amazed 18th-century Europe. David Fraser's biography presents a rounded portrait of this extraordinary man.