History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 11

by Thomas Carlyle

"History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 11" by Thomas Carlyle is part of a six-volume biography published between 1858 and 1865. This monumental work chronicles the life of Frederick the Great, the Prussian king whom Carlyle considered heroic material for an epic. After thirteen years of painstaking research, including battlefield tours across Germany, Carlyle produced what contemporaries called his grandest achievement—a vivid portrait blending military history, political analysis, and literary genius that brings eighteenth-century Prussia dramatically to life.