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Frederick The Great - and the rise of Prussia is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1908. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hanse...

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Frederick the Great - And the Rise of Prussia is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition .Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks ne...

Excerpt from Frederich the Great: And the Rose of ProssiaI offer my grateful-thanks to Mr G. H. Putnam and to Mr. H. W. C. Davis for their counsel, to Mr. G. H. M. Gray for minute scrutiny of the proof sheets, and to Messrs. Ernest and Harold Temperley, my indulgent comrades in Silesia. To the latter this book owes'much at every stage.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www...

Excerpt from Introduction to the Study of Russian HistoryRussia of a.d. 920, newly Christianized, meant the region round Kiev, inhabited by Slavs and ruled over by the Scandinavian House of Rurik. In 1420 Russia had Moscow for her centre and the Tartars for her overlords, while her in habitants were a new and hybrid race of Slavs and Finns. Kiev, though still the object of their reverence, lay far beyond their frontier. In 1820 Alexander I., s...

Excerpt from The Monroe Doctrine The closing days of the year 1895 furnished much material worthy the study of the pathologist of democracy. They showed the spectacle of the two most powerful nations of the modern world nations united by the closest ties of blood, of speech, and of common interest, -stan ding on the brink of war for a cause that might have been accounted light by patrimonial sovereigns. Weeks, and even months, passed before t...

Excerpt from Introduction to the Study of Russian History Russian history may have many meanings, for during the past thousand years there have been many Russias. To name but four: The Russia of a.d. 920, newly Christianized, meant the region round Kiev, inhabited by Slavs and ruled over by the Scandinavian House of Rurik. In 1420 Russia had Moscow for her centre and the Tartars for her overlords, while her in habitants were a new and hybrid ...

Originally published in 1931, this volume gathers together some key documents relating to Catherine II of Russia.

A thorough study of the heritage of Frederick and how he built upon it throughout his life as he extended Prussia's power and role in European politics.This title is cited and recommended by Books for College Libraries, the Catalogue of the Lamont Library, Harvard College, and The American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature.At the time of original publication in 1904, W. F. Reddaway was Fellow and Lecturer of King's Colleg...

Excerpt from The Monroe Doctrine The closing days of the year 1895 furnished much material worthy the study of the pathologist of democracy. They showed the spectacle of the two most powerful nations of the modern world nations united by the closest ties of blood, of speech, and of common interest, -stan ding on the brink of war for a cause that might have been accounted light by patrimonial sovereigns. Weeks, and even months, passed before t...

Excerpt from Frederich the Great: And the Rose of Prossia I offer my grateful-thanks to Mr G. H. Putnam and to Mr. H. W. C. Davis for their counsel, to Mr. G. H. M. Gray for minute scrutiny of the proof sheets, and to Messrs. Ernest and Harold Temperley, my indulgent comrades in Silesia. To the latter this book owes'much at every stage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more ...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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.12, Illustrated, cloth, each, 5 Half Leather, gilt top, each, 6 FOR FULL LIST SEE END OF THIS VOLUMEPage ixCongress of Vienna was held in...