Frederick the Great discussion post 11

[cahn]

In our last installment, our heroes found that Henri de Catt's memoirs, a major source for current biographers of Frederick the Great, are not to be trusted!!

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Re: Fritz as a writer: an early Victorian take

[cahn]

„Just think that even the Queen of Hungary, a woman, has not given up hope when her enemies had arrived at the walls of Vienna, when they had conquered her richest provinces – and you don’t want to show as much courage as this woman, and in a moment, too, when we haven’t lost a single battle and made a single loss!“

*chokes* FRITZ! I also choked at the "Enemies" bit, oh Fritz.

(Also, Wilhelmine! >:( )

Re: Fritz as a writer: an early Victorian take

[selenak]

re: enemies before the walls of Vienna - Mildred asked this elsewhere, and having now progressed through the documents to 1745, I can say he does mean that small troop of hussars of which he wrote "my hussars are only four miles from Vienna!"

(He also wanted the Duke of Bavaria and later rival Emperor to march direclty towards Vienna, but Karl Albrecht basically said, um, you first, mate, you first. Another reason why MT not appeasing Fritz paid off for her despite her losing Silesia is that the conclusion Europe drew from the Austrian War of Succession that if you're not Fritz, you do not mess with MT.)

Re: Fritz as a writer: an early Victorian take

[mildred_of_midgard]

I can say he does mean that small troop of hussars of which he wrote "my hussars are only four miles from Vienna!"

*cough* I thought he might be up to a little self-aggrandizement. Thank you for confirming.

Fritz, it's nice that you managed to get a small body of troops that close, I'm sure it's great for propaganda, but they were never actually a threat according to any of my reading. You're not exactly "the Turks before Vienna."