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Heroes of the Nations
A Series of Biographical Studies presenting thelives and work of certain representative historicalcharacters, about whom have gathered thetraditions of the nations to which they belong,and who have, in the majority of instances, beenaccepted as types of the several national ideals.
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Heroes of the Nations
EDITED BY
H. W. Carless Davis
FELLOW OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE, OXFORD
FACTA DUCIS VIVENT OPEROSAQUE
GLORIA RERUM.—OVID, IN LIVIAM, 266.
THE HERO’S DEEDS AND HARD-WON
FAME SHALL LIVE.
Frederick the Great
FREDERICK THE GREAT.
AFTER THE PAINTING BY CARLO VANLOO.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
AND THE RISE OF PRUSSIA
BY
W. F. REDDAWAY, M.A.
FELLOW AND LECTURER OF KING’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; LECTURER IN HISTORY
TO NON-COLLEGIATE STUDENTS; AUTHOR OF “THE MONROE
DOCTRINE” (CAMB. UNIV. PRESS)
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
NEW YORK 27 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET
LONDON 24 BEDFORD STREET, STRAND
The Knickerbocker Press
1904
Copyright, 1904
BY
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
Published, April, 1904
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
TO THE
NON-COLLEGIATE STUDENTS
OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
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PREFACE
In attempting to sketch the career of Frederickthe Great and to define its relation to therise of Prussia, I have ma