# Frederick the Great

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- Book: [Frederick the Great](https://www.bookquiver.com/nancy-mitford/frederick-the-great) ([Frederick the Great.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/nancy-mitford/frederick-the-great.md))
- Authors: [Nancy Mitford](https://www.bookquiver.com/nancy-mitford)
- Publisher: vintage_classics
- ISBN: 978-00-9952-886-9
- Pages: 272
- Published: 2011-10-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY KATE WILLIAMS Frederick II of Prussia attempted to escape his authoritarian father as a boy, but went on to become one of history's greatest rulers. He loved the flute, and devoted hours of study to the arts and French literature, forming a long-lasting but turbulent friendship with Voltaire. He was a military genius and enlarged the borders of his empire, but he also promoted religious tolerance, economic reform and laid the foundation for a united Germany. Nancy Mitford brings all these contradictions and achievements to sparkling life in an fascinating, intimate biography.