Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Friedrich_II._of_Prussia,_Called_Frederick_the_Great

Release date is 2008-06-16

Produced by D.R. Thompson and David Widger

"History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 08" 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, King of Prussia, born from Carlyle's three-decade fascination with his subject. The Scottish historian devoted thirteen laborious years to research and writing, touring German battlefields and consulting countless sources. His efforts produced what contemporaries called a supreme work of literary genius—vivid, witty, and so thoroughly researched that military students learned Frederick's battles from its pages. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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