Madeleine Brook is Departmental Lecturer in Early Modern German at the University of Oxford.

• Contents: History versus fiction and August the Strong – Fabricating the image of August the Strong at the Saxon court – August the Strong the eighteenth-century gallant archetype – The eighteenth century through nineteenth-century eyes – August the Strong on stage and screen, 1900-1949 – August the Strong and cultural politics in the GDR – August the Strong in post-Wende writing and television to 2010.

Madeleine Brook is Departmental Lecturer in Early Modern German at the University of Oxford.

• Contents: History versus fiction and August the Strong – Fabricating the image of August the Strong at the Saxon court – August the Strong the eighteenth-century gallant archetype – The eighteenth century through nineteenth-century eyes – August the Strong on stage and screen, 1900-1949 – August the Strong and cultural politics in the GDR – August the Strong in post-Wende writing and television to 2010.

Madeleine Brook is Departmental Lecturer in Early Modern German at the University of Oxford.

• Contents: History versus fiction and August the Strong – Fabricating the image of August the Strong at the Saxon court – August the Strong the eighteenth-century gallant archetype – The eighteenth century through nineteenth-century eyes – August the Strong on stage and screen, 1900-1949 – August the Strong and cultural politics in the GDR – August the Strong in post-Wende writing and television to 2010.