9780060129866 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1970, cover price $20.00 |
About this edition: In this biography of Frederick the Great, Nancy Mitford carefully unravels the complex character of one of Europe's brilliant rulers.
9781590176238 | Reprint edition (New York Review of Books, July 2, 2013), cover price $15.95 |
About this edition: The Prussian king Frederick II (1712–1786) is perhaps best known for successfully defending his tiny country against the three great European powers of France, Austria, and Russia during the Seven Years’ War (1756–1763), a feat that allowed Great Britain to limit its engagement on the Continent and emerge as the world’s leading colonial power, as summed up in William Pitt’s famous claim that “America was won in Germany.
9780140036534 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, November 1, 1995), cover price $13.95 |
About this edition: In this biography of Frederick the Great, Nancy Mitford carefully unravels the complex character of one of Europe's brilliant rulers.