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“... are highly inaccurate. It would be tempting to repeat the salacious stories told about him, but Tim Blanning has instead produced an authoritative account of his reign and a measured reckoning of what Augustus called his ‘intrigues’ and ‘adventures’. It turns out that he did not father 354 bastards, as historians continue to report, but ...”

“... Germany’s leading power. In this national epic Frederick had always had a starring role, which Tim Blanning brilliantly analyses in his deeply learned and fluently written biography. Frederick’s claims to greatness began almost as soon as he inherited the Prussian crown in 1740. Two years later, Voltaire, an early admirer and sometime ...”