{"product_id":"frederick-the-great-giles-macdonogh-9780312272661","title":"Frederick the Great: A Life in Deed and Letters","description":"\u003cp\u003ePiet and soldier, misanthrope and philospher, Frederick the Great was a contradictory, almost unfathomable man. His conquests made him one of the most formindable and feared leaders of his era. But as a patron of artists and intellectuals, Frederick re-created Berlin as one of the continent's great cities, matching his state's reputation for military ferocity with one for cultural achievement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough history remembers Frederick as a Potsdam Fuhrer, his father more rightly deserved the title. When, as a youth, Frederick attempted to flee the elder man's brutality, the punishment was to watch the execution of his friend and co-conspirator, Katte. Though a subsequent compromise allowed Frederick to take the throne in 1740, he would remain true unto himself. His tastes for music, poetry, and architecture would match the significance of his military triumphs in the Seven Years' War.\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on the most recent scholarship, Giles MacDonogh's fresh, authoritative biograhy gives us the most fully rounded portrait yet of an often misunderstood king.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Giles MacDonogh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312272669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312272661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.20d","brand":"Giles MacDonogh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981557530879,"sku":"9780312272661","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6582655b-d68f-45e0-9dde-c691fc08cbc8.jpg?v=1683256267","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/frederick-the-great-giles-macdonogh-9780312272661","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}