So did he include the whole Lucchesini diary, then? And only selections from Catt because Catt can't be trusted?
Yes and yes.
Oh, good, so you did get to go through the whole Lucchesini diary, then! I was hoping that was the case. And it's good the Italian is out there too, in case we ever need to look something up. I like having access to these texts in both the original and a language at least one of us is fluent in.
The status-conscious ancien regime time being what it is, it's one thing if the King's right hand man carries the message, and another if yet another person is involved, possibly a servant.
Very true. Fredersdorf was probably holding back, then!
Btw, didn't Münchow say he understood more of what was going on than the other pages/servants because he understood French?
I'm infinitely curious how Fritz imagined the post war botherfree rare Voltaire visits to go.
One thing to consider is that the context for the "Voltaire will visit, it would be rare, and I would prevent any bother," is the hypothetical scenario in which Fritz retires voluntarily. I think that says a lot about his fantasies: "I'll give up power of my own free will! And Voltaire and I won't fight!" The likelihood of those two things being about equal.
With FW2 as king, though, and Fritz somehow the kind of person who would pull a Diocletian (maybe a head injury incurred during the war leads to a personality change?), do you think Voltaire would come to Rheinsberg to visit his no-longer-king ex?
It's kind of hard for me to reason about this AU, because it requires *such* an OOC Fritz.
Voltaire, all flattery aside, did see himself as an equal, if not a superior by virtue of being a genius.
Re: Lucchessini, Catt and Fredersdorf, oh, my
Yes and yes.
Oh, good, so you did get to go through the whole Lucchesini diary, then! I was hoping that was the case. And it's good the Italian is out there too, in case we ever need to look something up. I like having access to these texts in both the original and a language at least one of us is fluent in.
The status-conscious ancien regime time being what it is, it's one thing if the King's right hand man carries the message, and another if yet another person is involved, possibly a servant.
Very true. Fredersdorf was probably holding back, then!
Btw, didn't Münchow say he understood more of what was going on than the other pages/servants because he understood French?
I'm infinitely curious how Fritz imagined the post war botherfree rare Voltaire visits to go.
One thing to consider is that the context for the "Voltaire will visit, it would be rare, and I would prevent any bother," is the hypothetical scenario in which Fritz retires voluntarily. I think that says a lot about his fantasies: "I'll give up power of my own free will! And Voltaire and I won't fight!" The likelihood of those two things being about equal.
With FW2 as king, though, and Fritz somehow the kind of person who would pull a Diocletian (maybe a head injury incurred during the war leads to a personality change?), do you think Voltaire would come to Rheinsberg to visit his no-longer-king ex?
It's kind of hard for me to reason about this AU, because it requires *such* an OOC Fritz.
Voltaire, all flattery aside, did see himself as an equal, if not a superior by virtue of being a genius.
Agreed.