Today's installment concludes The Great Elector Grows Prussia,our selection from History of Friedrich II of Prussia by Thomas Carlyle published in
Pommern Remains Disputed
This Second Exploit -- suggested or not by that prior one of Karl Gustav on the ice -- is still a thing to be remembered by Hohenzollerns and
Battle of Fehrbellin
Fehrbellin is an inconsiderable Town still standing in those peaty regions, some five-and-thirty miles northwest of Berlin, and had for ages plied its
Army Marches Over the Baltic Sea
In January, 1658, Karl Gustav marches his Army, horse, foot, and artillery, to the extent of Twenty thousand, across the Baltic ice, and takes an
The Great Elector Grows Prussia
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Weak, Disunited Prussia.IntroductionWhen Frederick William came into