Frederick Marryat was almost fifty and had long completed the work for which he must have imagined he would be remembered when he wrote his first book for children, Masterman Ready (1841-1842). Following a distinguished career of more than twenty years...
It has been the fate of very few British writers to have their effigies burned on the streets of New York; it may well be that Captain Frederick Marryat is the only one to whom this has happened. Marryat had arrived in New York early in May 1837 and...
Captain Frederick Marryat (July 10, 1792 – August 9, 1848) was an English novelist, a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical...
FREDERICK THE GREAT by General Sir David Fraser, (Allen Lane, 1999), L25.00, 704 pages On the eve of the 300th anniversary of Prussia in 2001 the highly respected historian and author, General Sir David Fraser, has published a magnificent biography of the...
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Frederick II. 09/24/1988: 392 words, approx. 1 pages
BETWEEN 1197 and 1250, the emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen governed in name dominions scattered from Schleswig to Sicily. He has attracted more mythology than any other medieval ruler save only his imperial forerunner and remote ancestor, Charlemagne. His contemporary English chronicler, Matthew Paris,...
