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Memoirs Of Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina: Princess Royal Of Prussia, Margravine Of Bareith, Sister Of Frederick The Great (Volume Ii)

Memoirs Of Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina: Princess Royal Of Prussia, Margravine Of Bareith, Sister Of Frederick The Great (Volume Ii)

Sophia Wilhelmina, Frederica

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Biographies GeneralGenealogy & HeraldryGerman History

ISBN10: 9354419321
ISBN13: 9789354419324
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 17 2021
Pages: 382
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.85 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Born to rule yet denied a crown, Wilhelmina of Prussia wrote not for flattery but for truth. Her voice still cuts through the intrigues of eighteenth-century courts with startling clarity. She wrote to remember everything. In this second volume of her memoirs, Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina, Princess Royal of Prussia and later Margravine of Bareith, continues her candid eighteenth-century autobiography, tracing the emotional and political landscape of Prussian court life and her place within the Frederick the Great family. At once a German princess biography and an intimate record of a woman navigating power, loyalty and disappointment, it offers rare insight into women in European courts and the inner life of 18th century Prussia. For history students, for royal biography fans, and for anyone drawn to historical royal memoirs, it stands as a vivid human document rather than a distant chronicle. As a first-hand account by the elder sister of Frederick II, it is an essential companion to any Frederick the Great biography and a key source for Kingdom of Prussia history and the wider European royal memoirs collection. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. More than background reading, it is a work of character, observation and style, as valuable to the general reader as to the serious student of the eighteenth century.

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