Wow, this is fantastic, thank goodness for Team Frederician Fandom (including the honorary member)!
Some time later, the Prince accused him of falsehood and bad manners, and banished him completely from his company.
OH MAN. Maybe Fritz was onto something with those letters to Heinrich about how Marwitz was Up To No Good. Or maybe Marwitz started showing signs of liking Fritz (whether for political or personal reasons), and Heinrich was all "LIES!"
if only this great man were a bit more gracious to those who want to adore him
Read: would give us real jobs with him instead of dead-end ones with his boring wife.
And not a single biography has mentioned Marwitz the (former) page had a comeback.
I know, we've heard about the first comeback (the urgent pleadings from Heinrich), but not the subsequent ones! He's clearly not as crazy as the Trencks, but the yo-yoing in and out of favor with fortune is reminiscent.
Editor just cut it
Thank you once again, 1907 readers! You really came through for us.
Also, I think we have an abundance of evidence now that Fritz really did have a portrait of MT and it's not just gossip or him telling his staff to tell people it's her. It's her.
Well, Fritz, Lehndorff says what I've been saying for decades now: love you or hate you or both, you're never boring! (I think when everyone says "only true monarch in Europe," "only king in Europe," and so forth, they mean "least boring," "most unpredictable," "always up to *something*," "never an idle moment.")
MT: I could do with a little more boredom! MT: *throws darts*
[ETA: it just occurred to me that this is one thing Heinrich and Lehndorff have in common! YES GOD YES. You bastard.
Speaking of which, I know the whole "forget about the last twelve years" has to be partly a case of the grass being greener on the other side, but it must have been genuinely frustrating not to have FW2 even engage with him. I can totally see Heinrich thinking, "At least he took me seriously enough to argue back. At least he CARED enough to argue." And missing that aspect of Older Bro even while he wanted to throttle him.]
Lehndorff Unplugged has even more on the Heinrich and Me: A Rokoko Queer as Folk AU front:
Lehndorff is hands-down my favorite memoirist so far. Admittedly I haven't read the umpteen volumes of Casanova, or even the corrupt Gutenberg version. But Lehndorff is endearing and informative and has all the good stuff. I wish he had more good stuff, but I guess I'm willing to forgive him the lack of Katte goodies. Heinrich clearly took up 99% of the space in his brain.
Also, lol, I was reading through old comments tonight and hit this:
OK... tell me more about Lehndorff? So I know from your previous posts that he was EC's chamberlain and Heinrich's friend-with-benefits and had a diary... did he write about Heinrich in his diary??
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Re: Lehndorff: The Bitter Years - It's Marwitz Time!
Date: 2019-12-11 06:37 am (UTC)Some time later, the Prince accused him of falsehood and bad manners, and banished him completely from his company.
OH MAN. Maybe Fritz was onto something with those letters to Heinrich about how Marwitz was Up To No Good. Or maybe Marwitz started showing signs of liking Fritz (whether for political or personal reasons), and Heinrich was all "LIES!"
if only this great man were a bit more gracious to those who want to adore him
Read: would give us real jobs with him instead of dead-end ones with his boring wife.
And not a single biography has mentioned Marwitz the (former) page had a comeback.
I know, we've heard about the first comeback (the urgent pleadings from Heinrich), but not the subsequent ones! He's clearly not as crazy as the Trencks, but the yo-yoing in and out of favor with fortune is reminiscent.
Editor just cut it
Thank you once again, 1907 readers! You really came through for us.
Also, I think we have an abundance of evidence now that Fritz really did have a portrait of MT and it's not just gossip or him telling his staff to tell people it's her. It's her.
Well, Fritz, Lehndorff says what I've been saying for decades now: love you or hate you or both, you're never boring! (I think when everyone says "only true monarch in Europe," "only king in Europe," and so forth, they mean "least boring," "most unpredictable," "always up to *something*," "never an idle moment.")
MT: I could do with a little more boredom!
MT: *throws darts*
[ETA: it just occurred to me that this is one thing Heinrich and Lehndorff have in common! YES GOD YES. You bastard.
Speaking of which, I know the whole "forget about the last twelve years" has to be partly a case of the grass being greener on the other side, but it must have been genuinely frustrating not to have FW2 even engage with him. I can totally see Heinrich thinking, "At least he took me seriously enough to argue back. At least he CARED enough to argue." And missing that aspect of Older Bro even while he wanted to throttle him.]
Lehndorff Unplugged has even more on the Heinrich and Me: A Rokoko Queer as Folk AU front:
Lehndorff is hands-down my favorite memoirist so far. Admittedly I haven't read the umpteen volumes of Casanova, or even the corrupt Gutenberg version. But Lehndorff is endearing and informative and has all the good stuff. I wish he had more good stuff, but I guess I'm willing to forgive him the lack of Katte goodies. Heinrich clearly took up 99% of the space in his brain.
Also, lol, I was reading through old comments tonight and hit this:
OK... tell me more about Lehndorff? So I know from your previous posts that he was EC's chamberlain and Heinrich's friend-with-benefits and had a diary... did he write about Heinrich in his diary??
Did he ever!