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Part I. The sufferings and greatness of Frederick -- The inheritance -- The breaking of Frederick -- The making of Frederick -- The making of Frederick (part two) -- The masterful servant of the state -- Culture -- Part II. War and peace -- Peace and war, 1745-1756 -- The Seven Years War : the first three campaigns -- The Seven Years War : disaster and survival -- The Seven Years War : why Frederick won -- A long peace, a short war and double diplomacy -- Part III. On the home front -- Public and nation -- Light and dark on the home front -- Country and town -- At court and at home -- Conclusion: Death and transfiguration.;Tim Blanning, a master of combining the fields of political, economic, social, and intellectual history, is just the writer to bring us both Fredericks military triumphs--he consolidated a kingdom of scattered territories into one formidable nation--as well as his cultural and political accomplishments. From his long relationship with Voltaire to his musical talent to his patronage of the decorative and fine arts to the reinvigoration of German theater, Frederick infused Prussian culture with the ideas of the Enlightenment and--where it suited him--applied them to his own authoritarian rule. In the influences he took from the past and the ideas he borrowed from the Enlightenment, Frederick was uniquely poised to rule over the total cultural and political transformation of Prussia--Provided by publisher.

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Copyright 2016 by Tim Blanning

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Published in the United States by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

R ANDOM H OUSE and the H OUSE colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.

Originally published in the UK by Allen Lane.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Blanning, T.C.W.

Frederick the Great : king of Prussia / Tim Blanning.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4000-6812-8

eBook ISBN 978-0-8129-8873-4

1. Frederick II, King of Prussia, 17121786. 2. Frederick II, King of Prussia, 17121786Military leadership. 3. Frederick II, King of Prussia, 17121786Influence. 4. Prussia (Germany)Kings and rulersBiography. 5. Prussia (Germany)HistoryFrederick II, 17401786. 6. Seven Years War, 17561763. 7. EnlightenmentGermanyPrussia. 8. Prussia (Germany)Intellectual life18th century. 9. Social changeGermanyPrussiaHistory18th century. I. Title.

DD404.B63 2016

943.053092dc23 [B] 2015030616

eBook ISBN9780812988734

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Book design by Caroline Cunningham, adapted for eBook

Cover design: Susan Zucker

Cover painting: portrait of Frederick the Great of Prussia (detail), Maerkisches Museum, Berlin/Bridgeman Images

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CONTENTS
PART I The Sufferings and Greatness of Frederick PART II War and Peace - photo 4PART I The Sufferings and Greatness of Frederick PART II War and Peace - photo 5

PART I
The Sufferings and Greatness of Frederick

PART II
War and Peace

PART III
On the Home Front

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Frederick William I Self-portrait 1737 Stiftung Preuische Schlsser und - photo 6Frederick William I Self-portrait 1737 Stiftung Preuische Schlsser und - photo 7

Frederick William I, Self-portrait, 1737. Stiftung Preuische Schlsser und Grten, Berlin-Brandenburg. Photo: SPSG / Fotothek (Roland Handrick)

Wusterhausen Hunting Lodge, Brandenburg. Photo: Clemensfranz

Francesco Carlo Rusca or Georg Lisiewski, Crown Prince Frederick with his brothers Ferdinand, August Wilhelm and Henry, 1737. Stiftung Preuische Schlsser und Grten, Berlin-Brandenburg. Photo: SPSG / Fotothek (Klaus G. Bergmann)

The chteau at Rheinsberg, 1740. Engraving from Friedrich Ekel, Plans et Vues du Chteau, du Jardin et de la Ville de Reinsberg (Berlin: 1773)

The chteau at Schnhausen. Engraving by Schwarz, 1787. Photo: ullsteinbild / TopFoto

Jean-tienne Liotard, Francesco Algarotti, 1745. Photo: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Carl Friedrich Fechhelms set for Act III of Fredericks opera Montezuma, 1755. Stiftung Preuische Schlsser und Grten, Berlin-Brandenburg. Photo: SPSG / Fotothek (Wolfgang Pfauder)

The Golden Gallery in the Charlottenburg Palace. Stiftung Preuische Schlsser und Grten, Berlin-Brandenburg. Photo: SPSG / Fotothek (Leo Seidel)

Johann Friedrich Meyer, View of the Lustgarten and Town Palace, Potsdam, 1773. Stiftung Preuische Schlsser und Grten, Berlin-Brandenburg. Photo: SPSG / Fotothek (Gerhard Murza)

Ground plan of Sanssouci. From Hans-Joachim Giersberg, Schloss Sanssouci. Die Sommerresidenz Friedrichs des Groen (Berlin: Nicolai, 2005)

The terraces and parterre garden, Sanssouci. Engraving by Johann David Schleven, c. 1765. Photo: De Agostini Picture Library / Bridgeman Images

The Music Room, Sanssouci. Stiftung Preuische Schlsser und Grten, Berlin-Brandenburg. Photo: SPSG / Fotothek (Roland Handrick)

The Picture Gallery, Sanssouci. Stiftung Preuische Schlsser und Grten, Berlin-Brandenburg. Photo: SPSG / Fotothek (Leo Seidel)

Karl Christian Wilhelm Baron, The New Palace at Potsdam from the Klausberg, 1775. Stiftung Preuische Schlsser und Grten, Berlin-Brandenburg. Photo: SPSG / Fotothek (Roland Handrick)

Mercury, antique statue from the Entrance Hall of Sanssouci. Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Photo: 2015 Scala, Florence/bpk, Bildagentur fr Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte, Berlin (Johannes Laurentius)

Ares Ludovisi after Lambert-Sigismund Adam, Mars, 1730. Stiftung Preuische Schlsser und Grten, Berlin-Brandenburg. Photo: SPSG / Fotothek (Daniel Lindner)

Antinous (Praying Youth), c. third century B.C.E. Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Photo: 2015 Scala, Florence/bpk, Bildagentur fr Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte, Berlin (Johannes Laurentius)

Antinous, copy of the original statue, at Sanssouci. Photo: Tim Blanning

The Berlin Dessert Service, manufactured by the Royal Porcelain Factory and presented by Frederick to Catherine the Great of Russia in 1772. The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Photo: The State Hermitage Museum / Vladimir Terebenin

The Temple of Friendship, Sanssouci. Photo: James Steakley

Charles Amde Vanloo, Ganymede Is Introduced to Olympus, 1768. Stiftung Preuische Schlsser und Grten, Berlin-Brandenburg. Photo: SPSG / Fotothek (Gerhard Murza)

E. Henne after Daniel Chodowiecki, The Dispatch of Dr. Aprill When HeNotified the Prussian Ambassador Baron von Plotho of the Imperial Declaration of Outlawry, 1780. From Gustav Berthold Volz (ed.), Friedrich der Groe im Spiegel seiner Zeit, vol. 2 (Berlin: 1926)

Bernhard Rode, Allegory on the Foundation of the League of Princes by Frederick the Great, 1786. Gemldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Photo: 2015 Scala, Florence/bpk, Bildagentur fr Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte, Berlin (Jrg P. Anders)

Vivat ribbons, made in celebration of Fredericks birthday, 1759. Photo: akg-images

Heinrich Franke, Frederick the Great, 1764. Stiftung Preuische Schlsser und Grten, Berlin-Brandenburg. Photo: SPSG / Fotothek (Jrg P. Anders)

Johann Friedrich Bolt after Johann Gottfried Schadow, Frederick the Great Victorious at the Battle of Rossbach, 1801. Handschriftenabteilung, Staatsbibliothek, Berlin SMPK

Christian Daniel Rauch, Equestrian statue of Frederick the Great on Unter den Linden, Berlin, unveiled 1851. Photo: Maximilian Weinzierl / Alamy

Bartolomeo Verona, The Interior of the Cathedral of St. Hedwig, Berlin, c. 1780. Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Photo: 2015 Scala, Florence/bpk, Bildagentur fr Kunst, Kultur und Geschichte, Berlin

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