This book introduces the reader to the works of King Charles Frederick II of Prussia (1712-1786), who went down in history as Frederick the Great. He was a genius of war, a soldier and an intellectual; in addition to his native German, he spoke French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian; he read Latin, Greek and ancient Greek, Hebrew, was the author of letters that can be called a masterpiece of the epistolary genre of the eighteenth century, a legislator and a clever political intriguer. One of Frederick the Great's most brilliant works is his political treatise Anti-Machiavelli, written in 1739-1740, when the king was only 28 years old. In it, he argues with Niccolo Machiavelli and his famous book The Prince. The treatise became one of the most widely read works in enlightened Europe and has not lost its relevance today, but, on the contrary, has become extremely popular as a sound advice on governance. The publication also includes Frederick the Great's work "The Science of Military Art to His Generals", a work on tactics and strategy of warfare.