Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review is a collection of articles by Thomas Babington Macaulay, later Lord Macaulay. They have been acclaimed for their readability, but c
Frederick II was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia, declaring himself King of Prussia after annexing Royal Prussia f
Critical and Historical Essays (Macaulay)
…Warren Hastings, October 1841 Frederic the Great, April 1842 Madame D'Arblay, January 1843…
Portrait of Frederick II of Prussia (1763)
Frederick as a child, attributed to Antoine Pesne, c. 1715–20
Portrait of 24-year-old Frederick as the crown prince of Prussia by Antoine Pesne (1736, Huis Doorn, Netherlands)
Frederick's marriage to Elisabeth Christine at Schloss Salzdahlum by J. G. Schmidt [de] (1733)