by the irresistible power of abject flattery, more fatal to kings than daggers and poison.
Heh. I like it! Mitchell is now my second fave source, after Lehndorf :D
Though Borcke here expressed himself in more moderate terms, the King fell into a violent passion, and told him that, with such sentiments, he was unworthy to wear the uniform of a major-general, and much more to be about his nephew; so he was dismissed.”
:( Poor Count Borcke, and I'm glad that Mitchell at least was on his side, even if he generally liked Fritz :P
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Re: Andrew Mitchell: War Reporter at Large
Heh. I like it! Mitchell is now my second fave source, after Lehndorf :D
Though Borcke here expressed himself in more moderate terms, the King fell into a violent passion, and told him that, with such sentiments, he was unworthy to wear the uniform of a
major-general, and much more to be about his nephew; so he was dismissed.”
:( Poor Count Borcke, and I'm glad that Mitchell at least was on his side, even if he generally liked Fritz :P