Frederick the Great, discussion post 6

[cahn]

...I think we need another one (seriously, you guys, this is THE BEST) and I'd better make it now before I disappear into the wilds of music performance.

(also, as of this week there are two Frederician fics in the yuletide archive and eeeeeeeeeee)
(huh, only one of them is actually tagged with Frederick the Great even though two with Maria Theresia and Wilhelmine, eeeeeee this is awesome I CAN'T WAIT)

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Re: Fredersdorf letters

[mildred_of_midgard]

I think we're all clear that something major was going on.

Oh yeah.

Though I sympathize also with whoever was in charge of keeping both Mimi and the dogs happy!

I hope they were separate people! At least at times, they must have been, because Fritz took his dogs on campaign with him, and surely didn't take Mimi or we would have anecdotes. "And then there was the time Mimi fought off the Pandurs single-handedly..." :-P

(Lehndorff: this is one job in the Royal household I wold NOT have wanted. Even to be near the King.)

But Lehndorff! It's not boring! Man, now that you mention it, I wish Lehndorff *had* had this job. Surely, we would have gotten the anecdotes somewhere in those three volumes!

Voltaire: Agreed.

Though clearly an imperfect list, given that "master of the hunt" is in it and "Spy handler" is not!

Ha! Perhaps "spy handler" wasn't common knowledge yet? I don't have a date for this quote, but my impression is that it dates to shortly after Fritz became king, and foreigners are doing their "hot or not?" and "what is the court like?" reports back to their paymasters.