Books by Marian Fussel
“Marian Füssel’s book helps us to understand things like the perspectives of ordinary soldiers, how the violence of these wars was experienced by those caught up in them, how people thought about who had won a battle in cases where it was indecisive…The Seven Years’ War was the titanic struggle of Frederick’s reign. It was fought in central Europe as part of an attempt by Austria and its allies to recover Silesia from Prussia. At the same time, it was fought overseas, particularly between Britain and France over their lands in the Caribbean, America, and India. Marian Füssel’s book is one of the very rare works that combines all of these different parts of the Seven Years’ War together.” Read more...
The best books on Frederick the Great
Adam Storring, Historian
Interviews where books by Marian Fussel were recommended
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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
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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
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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.
