The last couple of episodes we looked at Prussian society and its development and progression. We left off at the death of Prussia’s Soldier King in 1740, a man that dedicated his entire life to ...

Last week we looked at the origins of House Hohenzollern and the Thirty Years’ War that brought Brandenburg-Prussia close to ...

It is always a pleasure to review a well-written book on an important subject. Cambridge scholar Tim Blanning’s “Frederick the Great,” a lengthy but never lagging biography of one of history’s most ...

Frederick the Great: King of Prussia. By Tim Blanning. Allen Lane; 672 pages; £30. To be published in America by Random House in March; $35. FREDERICK II of Prussia was one of the most singular men ...

"Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand." —Frederick II of Prussia, capturing the essence of the Enlightenment Frederick II, also known as "The Great," was born ...

POTSDAM, Germany (Reuters) - Portraits of Frederick the Great line the streets, bookshops are bursting with new biographies, talk shows debate his legacy and toymaker Steiff has made a limited edition ...