Carlyle, Thomas,  1795-1881 <br/><br/>
Index of the Project Gutenberg works of Thomas Carlyle 

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<br/><br/> Release date is 2008-06-16 
<br/><br/>David Widger  David Widger 
<br/><br/> "History of Friedrich II. of Prussia" by Thomas Carlyle is a six-volume biography published between 1858 and 1865. After decades of fascination with Frederick the Great, Carlyle embarked on thirteen years of laborious research and writing, even building a soundproof room to complete the work. The result chronicles Prussia's warrior-king through detailed narrative, battle scenes, and character study. Contemporary writers praised it as a supreme work of literary genius, filled with wit, humor, and insight—a monument of historical biography. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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