It's amazing how much difference a century makes. From 1650, roughly the time this Cromwell comes from, to 1750, when Frederick was just coming off the Silesian Wars, Prussia went from a running joke of the sophisticated world to the cornerstone of all diplomatic thinking about the future of central Europe. Of course, that'll happen when your succession of kings includes The Great Elector AND Frederick the Great...

- Count Dolby von Luckner