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Frederick the Great Frederick the Great Giles MacDonogh An ambitious portrait that concentrates on the enlightened monarch’s intellectual (rather than military) achievements. From an early age, Frederick the Great (1712–86) was an avid reader and fluti… OL1866570W
Evening in the Palace of Reason Evening in the Palace of Reason James R. Gaines "James R. Gaines's Evening in the Palace of Reason sets up what seems to be the ultimate mismatch: a young, glamorously triumphant warrior-king, heralded by Voltaire as the very It Boy of the Enlight… OL5879228W