cover image Frederick the Great: The Magnificent Enigma

Frederick the Great: The Magnificent Enigma

Robert B. Asprey. Ticknor & Fields, $12.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-89919-840-8

``This major biography of Frederick (1712-86) is as full an account of the Prussian ruler's exploits in war and peace as is likely to be written,'' asserted PW , ``Asprey fashions the disparate sides of this soldier-intellectual into a lucid narrative of his leadership.'' Photos. (September)