Frederick The Great - Softcover

Mitford, Nancy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140036539 ISBN 13: 9780140036534

Publisher: Penguin, 1973

Synopsis

In this biography of Frederick the Great, Nancy Mitford carefully unravels the complex character of one of Europe's brilliant rulers. She re-creates his unhappy youth; his reforming zeal, which paved the way for a united Germany; and his spectacular wars.

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Review:

"He is everything I like, brave, funny, no nonsense, marvellous taste, common sense, interested in everything" (Nancy Mitford on Frederick II of Prussia)

"The unmistakable Mitford trill, in whose light, bright cadences an entire hard-to-shock and easy-to-bore view of life is made manifest" (Zoe Heller Daily Telegraph)

"Elegant and entertaining" (Chicago Tribune)

"Witty and atmospheric" (Sunday Times)

"[Her books] have the air of having been talked on to the page, in a voice as direct and intimate and clear as a child's" (Laura Thompson Daily Telegraph)

Book Description:

A sparkling biography of one of history's greatest rulers, written in Nancy Mitford's trademark gossipy style

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0140036539
• ISBN 13: 9780140036534
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224