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Thomas Babington Macaulay and Frederick the Great

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Timothy C. F. Stunt
Timothy C. F. Stunt
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Aiglon College, Chesières, Switzerland
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The Historical Journal , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , December 1980 , pp. 939 - 947
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