The British Cabinet attempted to persuade Maria Theresa to purchase the friendship of Frederic by the sacrifice of a small portion of her territories, but the Queen of Hungary peremptorily rejected all proposals of accommodation.
LOL. Appeasement: it's the way to go, clearly! I suppose Bissett couldn't exactly say he thought the British Cabinet was wrong? Or, judging from the rest of your comment, even entertain the notion of it?
There cannot now, we believe, be much question that the claim of Frederic to Silesia was supported on no better ground than that of an armed highwayman to the purse of an unarmed traveller.
HAHAHAHA (...owing to having my fingers positioned on the keyboard incorrectly, the first time I wrote it it came out as JAJAJAJA, which I suppose is also appropriate!)
No mention of the fact that if she had done so, you can bet the other German princes and European powers would have been even more encouraged to grab what they could get of the HRE and Austria, only in that case she wouldn't have been able to motivate anyone to fight for wihat was left. It was her stubbornness and willingness to fight that convinced the Hungarians to fight for her as well, and enabled her to hold on to everything except for Silesia.
Thanks for this -- it is the sort of thing that seems obvious when you say it but I don't think I quite understood. :)
Re: Fritz as a writer: an early Victorian take
LOL. Appeasement: it's the way to go, clearly! I suppose Bissett couldn't exactly say he thought the British Cabinet was wrong? Or, judging from the rest of your comment, even entertain the notion of it?
There cannot now, we believe, be much question that the claim of Frederic to Silesia was supported on no better ground than that of an armed highwayman to the purse of an unarmed traveller.
HAHAHAHA (...owing to having my fingers positioned on the keyboard incorrectly, the first time I wrote it it came out as JAJAJAJA, which I suppose is also appropriate!)
No mention of the fact that if she had done so, you can bet the other German princes and European powers would have been even more encouraged to grab what they could get of the HRE and Austria, only in that case she wouldn't have been able to motivate anyone to fight for wihat was left. It was her stubbornness and willingness to fight that convinced the Hungarians to fight for her as well, and enabled her to hold on to everything except for Silesia.
Thanks for this -- it is the sort of thing that seems obvious when you say it but I don't think I quite understood. :)