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: Peter Keith

[mildred_of_midgard]

There is a parallel story that's evidently not supported by the evidence that first Fritz's part in the escape attempt was uncovered, Peter's life was in danger from FW, and Peter was warned by someone in Wesel and fled to the Netherlands just ahead of the pursuit.

I just realized I neglected to spell this out, but this is the tradition that Peter's son follows, and that makes him a less than reliable source for the events of 1730 and 1740...writing in 1820 about someone who's been dead since 1756.