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From its opening fairy-tale-esque sentences ("There once lived a prince, an eldest son inheriting from a father, whose attributes of mind and taste were recognized throughout Europe") this biography gives us a glittering, shining, marvellous Frederick the Great. When he achieves military success Fraser praises his genius; but even when he endures terrible military failures Fraser praises his genius. "The second Silesian war was now going badly for Frederick", we are told; nonetheless he "showed greatness of mind, however, in recognizing that his 'grand design' had failed". Throughout, though, the verve and the bright colours of Fraser's narrative energetically carries the reader along. This book is best, as we might expect, in its cinematic descriptions of military engagements; and if sometimes Fraser's prose style errs on the side of the overly brisk ("Frederick, with wars to run and a kingdom to rule, had been very busy"), his enthusiasm for his subject is extraordinarily infectious. --Adam Roberts
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