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Effi Briest
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Fontane
Effi Briest betrays her super-rational husband with the wily Crampas and takes the appalling consequences, in a novel that questions the nature of happiness.
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Frederick the Great
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Nancy Mitford
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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The politics of the Prussian Army 1640-1945.
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Gordon Alexander Craig
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Weeds Like Us
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Gunter Nitsch
The uprooting of seven million civilians - women, children, and elderly men - from their homes in the German provinces of East Prussia, Pomerania, and Silesia following World War II is largely unknown in the United States. Weeds Like Us is a gripping true adventure story about the author's own East Prussian family. The author's earliest years were ...
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A History of Prussia
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H W Koch
In little more than two centuries Prussia rose from medieval obscurity and the devastation of the Thirty Years War to become the dominant power of continental Europe. Her rulers rose from Electors to Kings, and from Kings to Emperors. It is a dramatic story, and H. W. Koch fills a major gap in English-language literature with this comprehensive ...
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The Army of Frederick the Great
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Christopher Duffy
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Snow
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Dr. Calvin Miller
On a cold winter evening in 1929, Mary Withers, a widow, is in desperate need for asthma medication for her daughter Alexis, and coal to heat her house, but a paralyzing storm makes travel nearly impossible and her only hope is that Erick Mueller, son ofthe town's coal vendor, can make it through t
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Frederick the Great: A Life in Deed and Letters
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Giles MacDonogh
Frederick the Great (1712-86) is one of the most successful and controversial European monarchs. He became King of Prussia at the age of 29, which he went on to weld into one of the most formidable powers of Europe. He created a Royal Court that was the envy of Europe, surrounding himself with intellectuals, musicians, artists, philosophers, and ...
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Frederick the Great: A Historical Profile
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Gerhard A Ritter
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Frederick the Great on the Art of War
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R M Frederick II H R M Frederick II, Frederick, Jay Luvaas (Editor)
Frederick the Great (17121786), King of Prussia, initiated the Seven Years' War in 1756; outfought the formidable French, Russian, and Austrian armies aligned against him; and established Prussia as a major power, thereby decisively influencing the next two centuries of European history. He was also a brilliant military thinker whose observations ...
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Frederick the Great: The Magnificent Enigma
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Robert B Asprey
The acclaimed, definitive biography of one of history's most intriguing figures makes for a sweeping, fresh read. "A solid, glamorous biography of the fascinating Frederick".--Kirkus Reviews.
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Masters & Lords: Mid-19th-Century U.S. Planters and Prussian Junkers
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Shearer D Bowman
Among the regional landed elites in the Western World of the mid-1800s, the two most formidable were the owners of slave plantations in the Southern states of the U.S. and the proprietors of manorial estates in the provinces of Prussian East Elbia. Masters and Lords surveys the economic, social, and political histories of the two classes from the ...
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The Rise of Brandenburg Prussia
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Margaret Shennan
In this pamphlet Margaret Shennan surveys the rise of Prussia from the early 17th century to 1740, highlighting and evaluating the role of its rulers, in particular Frederick William I, the Great Elector, and his two successors. The author takes account of: international relations, social and economic structures, domestic pressures, ethical and ...
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Frederick the Great: King of Prussia
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David Fraser
Frederick the Great was, in David Fraser's description, "one of the most extraordinary men ever to sit on the throne or command an army", and in this biography, Fraser explores every aspect of Frederick's career.
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Days of Atonement
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Michael Gregorio
Napoleon's army has swept over Prussia, leaving in its wake a conquered land occupied by the French, in this superb sequel to the acclaimed "Critique of Criminal Reason. Days of Atonement" continues Gregorio's inimitable and enthralling historical mystery series.
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Frederick the Great: A Military Life
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Christopher Duffy
Traces the life of the Russian Czar, focusing on his accomplishments as a military leader.
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Clausewitz: A Biography
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Roger Parkinson
The Prussian general and military theoretician Carl Phillip Gottleib von Clausewitz spent much of his life combatting Napoleon's army, recording his martial insights in the demanding book On War. Parkinson details the events of Clausewitz's life, and aids readers in understanding Clausewitz's writings.
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Frost
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Dr. Calvin Miller
The engaging characters introduced in the Gold Medallion finalist "Snow" come full circle in "Frost." These lives converge once more in this concluding episode of the Mueller and McCaslin family saga. When it's over, no one will be left the same.
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Before the Storm: Memories of My Youth in Old Prussia
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Marion Donhoff, Jean Steinberg (Translator), George F. Kennan (Designed by)
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Enlightened Nationalism: The Transformation of Prussian Political Culture, 1806-1848
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Matthew Bernard Levinger
Enlightened Nationalism provides the first synthesis in English of Prussian political culture from the Napoleonic era to the Revolution of 1848. Matthew Levinger challenges the conventional notion that Prussia lagged behind Western Europe in its political development, demonstrating that Prussian leaders embraced a distinctive program of political ...
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Bismarck
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Bruce Waller
Bismarck was one of the most dominant figures in nineteenth-century Europe. As minister-president and foreign minister of Prussia from 1862, he was the driving force behind the unification of Germany, and, as Chancellor of the new German Empire from 1871 to 1890, the dominating force in German politics, both at home and abroad. This book, now in ...
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Pietism and the Making of Eighteenth-Century Prussia
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Richard L Gawthrop
How did as small and backward a state as Prussia transform itself to compete successfully in war against states with far greater human and financial resources? Richard Gawthrop finds the answer to this perennial question in the creation of a unique political culture, in which service to the Prussian state took precedence over all other ...
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The Vanished Kingdom: Travels Through the History of Prussia
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James Charles Roy, Professor Amos Elon (Introduction by)
Combining armchair travel, stunning photography, and a keen historical sense, James Charles Roy takes us on a moving journey through the tragic past, present, and, very likely, future of Eastern Europe.. Twice in this century, Germany initiated wars of unimagined terror in the name of the German homeland, Prussia. But what was once Prussia is now ...
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Absolutism and the Eighteenth-Century Origins of Compulsory Schooling in Prussia and Austria
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James Van Horn Melton
Compulsory schooling is widely held to be a creation of modern industrial society. Yet already in the eighteenth century, Prussian and Austrian rulers attempted to introduce universal education in societies that were overwhelmingly rural and 'premodern'. Focusing on the reigns of Frederick the Great of Prussia (1740-86) and Maria Theresa of ...
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Frederick the Great
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Giles MacDonogh
In this bold new interpretation of the king who shaped modern Germany, MacDonogh provides the most fully rounded portrait yet of a much misunderstood and complex man. of photos.
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