UK–(ENEWSPF)–08 November 2012. One of Europe’s most prominent historical figures advised a friend on where to go to treat his venereal disease, letters discovered by an Oxford University academic show.
Professor Katrin Kohl of Oxford University’s Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages came across some unknown letters by Frederick II of Prussia (known as ‘Frederick the Great’) in the Bodleian Library.
They can now be viewed in a display at the Bodleian until 11 November…
