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!!

rheinsberg

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Re: Fritz as a writer: an early Victorian take

[selenak]

They probably didn't. BTw, none of the documents so far contain the "evil man in Potsdam/Berlin" quote, either, nor for Fritz the "three whores of Europe/must smell of diapers/birthing machine quotes. Though they do have the "bigotted maenad" I was already familiar with, as well as "It's easier to fight brave men than a malicious woman". (When MT post Leuthen doesn't offer peace.)