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Frederick the Great

Archive Print Item: Bedford Collection F053

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Type of record: Book

Title: Frederick the Great

Level: Item

Classmark: Bedford Collection F053

Creator(s): Mitford, Nancy (1904-1973)

Additional creator(s): Law, Joy (1927-) (Picture researcher); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner)

Related people: Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786; Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786

Publisher: Harper & Row

Publication city: New York

Date(s): 1970

Language: English

Size and medium: 304 pages

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/731838

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019947997305181

Description

Includes bibliographical references (page 292) and index.


"Frederick II (German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712? 17 August 1786) was King in Prussia (1740?1786) of the Hohenzollern dynasty. He is best known for his brilliance in military campaigning and organization of Prussian armies. He became known as Frederick the Great (Friedrich der Große) and was nicknamed Der Alte Fritz ("Old Fritz"). He was a grandson of George I of Great Britain, and a nephew of George II."--Wikipedia


The Father -- The Unhappy Family -- Escape -- Rehabilitation -- Marriage -- Out of a Rembrandt into a Watteau -- The Throne -- Check to the Queen of Hungary -- Diplomats' Nightmare -- The King's Friends -- The Second Silesian War -- Thoughts on Warfare -- Sans Souci -- The Poet -- The Reversal of Alliances -- The Seven Years' War -- Ma Soeur de Bayreuth -- The Great Frederick -- Man is Made to Work -- The Uncle of Germany -- The Potato War -- Winter.

Provenance

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection F053: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: BG/57.

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