Frederick II, later “the Great,” managed to combine his military prowess with the French ideals he had absorbed through his education, establishing the model for enlightened despotism in Europe.

After The Battle of Mollwitz Frederick, had learned a great deal about war and the people of the world were enthralled by ...

The play is made up of selected letter exchanges between the great French-European philosopher and the royal prince, later king, of Prussia, beginning when the latter was a mere 24 years old and the ...