Frederick the Great and the Rise of Prussia

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Heroes of the Nations
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.
Heroes of the Nations EDITED BY H. W. Carless Davis FELLOW OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE, OXFORD
FACTA DUCIS VIVENT OPEROSAQUE GLORIA RERUM.—OVID, IN LIVIAM, 266. THE HERO’S DEEDS AND HARD-WON FAME SHALL LIVE.
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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Copyright, 1904 BY G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS Published, April, 1904
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