Incidentally, do we think he's bluffing (and relying on the fact EC was loyal and would never have told anyone anything to the contrary), or did he try a few times before giving up?
That's what I have no idea about. I consider it 50/50 he tried vs. he knew she'd never talk. My confidence that she wouldn't talk is why I have no idea.
BTW, did FW have a particular beef with Suhm (as opposed to any Saxon envoy) beyond "evidently likes my son a lot"?
That I don't know. But I will keep my eyes out. Suhm is my new second-favorite boyfriend.
BTW, if Manteuffel points to Hadrian in particular, what are the chances that Hadrian had come up when he was chatting with Fritz? Which also would argue for Fritz having had Hadrian/Antinous on the brain in the 1730s, which was, of course, when he was finally having the chance to educate himself without paternal supervision.
Exactly what I was thinking! (You know I have Fritz, Hadrian, and Antinous on the brain. ;) )
Never mind about volume 2, I'm not that interested in what's going in in Ansbach if it's a mixture of French and German without a single Fritz or Habsburg encounter to reward me for the effort. ;)
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Re: But what is really going on here?: The Austrian Dossier (Seckendorff III)
Date: 2020-02-02 05:16 pm (UTC)That's what I have no idea about. I consider it 50/50 he tried vs. he knew she'd never talk. My confidence that she wouldn't talk is why I have no idea.
BTW, did FW have a particular beef with Suhm (as opposed to any Saxon envoy) beyond "evidently likes my son a lot"?
That I don't know. But I will keep my eyes out. Suhm is my new second-favorite boyfriend.
BTW, if Manteuffel points to Hadrian in particular, what are the chances that Hadrian had come up when he was chatting with Fritz? Which also would argue for Fritz having had Hadrian/Antinous on the brain in the 1730s, which was, of course, when he was finally having the chance to educate himself without paternal supervision.
Exactly what I was thinking! (You know I have Fritz, Hadrian, and Antinous on the brain. ;) )
Never mind about volume 2, I'm not that interested in what's going in in Ansbach if it's a mixture of French and German without a single Fritz or Habsburg encounter to reward me for the effort. ;)
That's what I figured. :)