Frederick the Great and the Rise of Prussia

A Series of Biographical Studies presenting the lives and work of certain representative historical characters, about whom have gathered the traditions of the nations to which they belong, and who have, in the majority of instances, been accepted as types of the several national ideals.

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Heroes of the Nations

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H. W. Carless Davis
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FACTA DUCIS VIVENT OPEROSAQUE
GLORIA RERUM.—OVID, IN LIVIAM, 266.

THE HERO’S DEEDS AND HARD-WON
FAME SHALL LIVE.

Frederick the Great

FREDERICK THE GREAT.

AFTER THE PAINTING BY CARLO VANLOO.

FREDERICK THE GREAT
AND THE RISE OF PRUSSIA

BY
W. F. REDDAWAY, M.A.

FELLOW AND LECTURER OF KING’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; LECTURER IN HISTORY
TO NON-COLLEGIATE STUDENTS; AUTHOR OF “THE MONROE
DOCTRINE” (CAMB. UNIV. PRESS)

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