he didn't outrank Louis, but equal rank was a headache, too
Indeed. I am reminded of the Field of Cloth of Gold.
Fritz's problem visiting France seems to be that he genuinely wanted to be incognito, and canceled the trip once that was no longer an option. Although I don't have the primary source on that, so grain of salt, etc., etc.
"In Vienna, we have a male elephant. Yours is female; I've got a mind to arrange a marriage!" Thus we jested for a while and I was tempted to say that I could imagine an even more important marriage project for him!"
LOLOL! Those wacky marriage projects.
in the godawful morning of May 30th, WHY DO THESE GERMANS GET UP SO EARLY ALL THE TIME?
Haha, do we know how early is early? I am reminded of this line from one of Fritz's bios: "Frederick had inherited his minister August Friedrich Eichel from his father. Like Fredersdorf he was a friend in the shadows, his right-hand man and confidant in those moments when his pampered French wits were still asleep in their cots."
down to arguing anatomy with, for example, the chief surgeon in Metz
Lol, I was thinking, "Now what does that remind us of?" Mind you, there are anecdotes of Philip and Alexander doing the same thing, 2000 years earlier.
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Re: Chronicle of an undercover visit
Date: 2019-11-09 09:43 pm (UTC)he didn't outrank Louis, but equal rank was a headache, too
Indeed. I am reminded of the Field of Cloth of Gold.
Fritz's problem visiting France seems to be that he genuinely wanted to be incognito, and canceled the trip once that was no longer an option. Although I don't have the primary source on that, so grain of salt, etc., etc.
"In Vienna, we have a male elephant. Yours is female; I've got a mind to arrange a marriage!" Thus we jested for a while and I was tempted to say that I could imagine an even more important marriage project for him!"
LOLOL! Those wacky marriage projects.
in the godawful morning of May 30th, WHY DO THESE GERMANS GET UP SO EARLY ALL THE TIME?
Haha, do we know how early is early? I am reminded of this line from one of Fritz's bios: "Frederick had inherited his minister August Friedrich Eichel from his father. Like Fredersdorf he was a friend in the shadows, his right-hand man and confidant in those moments when his pampered French wits were still asleep in their cots."
down to arguing anatomy with, for example, the chief surgeon in Metz
Lol, I was thinking, "Now what does that remind us of?" Mind you, there are anecdotes of Philip and Alexander doing the same thing, 2000 years earlier.