Seriously, I suspect someone (Voltaire?) might have trolled people by writing an anonymous "How to succeed at the court of Frederick II" list
I'm starting to think you're right. I now have two sources agreeing that in 1740, Voltaire was writing love poetry to an unmarried Ulrica, and Fritz was writing sarcastic poetry back, going, "No, you can't have."
And we all know about Katte's double portrait of Fritz and Wilhelmine.
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Re: Lehndorff: The Bitter Years - It's Marwitz Time!
Date: 2019-12-23 06:54 am (UTC)I'm starting to think you're right. I now have two sources agreeing that in 1740, Voltaire was writing love poetry to an unmarried Ulrica, and Fritz was writing sarcastic poetry back, going, "No, you can't have."
And we all know about Katte's double portrait of Fritz and Wilhelmine.
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