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Frederick the Great of Prussia

You're Dead to Me

CHAPTER

I Think He Deserves His Title Great

i suppose the thing that appeals most to a 20 first century mind set is his authenticity. He clearly was not a man who pretended to be anything other than what he was, both sexually and in terms of his intellectual pursuits and interests. And whether we can call him a gay icon or or a gay hero, i don't know, because that's a such a modern way of looking at identity. But it's certainly true that the courage to be yourself is as admirable in a king as it is in a pedlar or a tinker. It's time now for the new one. This is where stephen and i sit back and have a little listen. And you have two minutes to

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