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: Asprey 1

[cahn]

I cannot grant your request,
I have a hundred thousand people to support.
I cannot shit money,
Frederick William, King in Prussia

Does this rhyme in the original -- is that what he means by "rude verse"? If so I willingly concede this is the first actually endearing story I have heard about FW (though still pretty low down on the endearing scale). It made me laugh, anyway.

Re: Asprey 1

[mildred_of_midgard]

Why would he provide the original? Or a citation where I could look up the original? This is *Asprey* we're talking about. (He does provide the book, but I am not reading the entire book just because he doesn't believe in page numbers.)

It did make me laugh too.