Adam Storring
Adam Storring is a Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London. His research unites cultural and intellectual history with the history of military operations, taking the example of King Frederick II of Prussia. His doctoral dissertation, supervised by Professor Sir Christopher Clark at the University of Cambridge, was awarded the André Corvisier Prize 2019 for the best dissertation on military history defended at any university anywhere in the world. Between 2019 and 2021 he was Early Career Fellow at the Lichtenberg-Kolleg, University of Göttingen. He has also held fellowships from the Bühler-Bolstorff Foundation Berlin, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Leibniz Institute for European History, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation.Dr Storring is a member of the Bibliographical Committee of the International Commission of Military History, responsible for book reviews for the International Journal of Military History and Historiography. He served from 2014 to 2019 on the Council of the Society for Army Historical Research. Dr Storring has been a peer reviewer for the Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, War in History, War on the Rocks and the National Science Centre, Poland.
Interviews with Adam Storring
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Frederick the Great: King of Prussia
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The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture: Old Regime Europe 1660-1789
by Tim Blanning -
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Frederick the Great: A Military Life
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The World in Flames: A Global History of the Seven Years' War
by Marian Fussel -
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Friederisiko: Friedrich der Grosse Die Essays
The best books on Frederick the Great, recommended by Adam Storring
The best books on Frederick the Great, recommended by Adam Storring
Frederick the Great (1712-1786) embodied two ideas of kingship: on the one hand, the traditional one of the warrior monarch, and on the other, an enlightened monarch, patron of the arts, a social reformer, and the friend of philosophes like Voltaire. It is on this dual character of his rule that his perennially high reputation rests, says historian Adam Storring. He introduces us to both sides of Frederick’s kingly character and recommends books to learn more about the brilliant military campaigner who led Prussia from 1740 until his death nearly half a century later.
