Re: why Blanning just accepts Preuss on Elizabeth when he doesn't accept Preuss' take on Fritz: I suspect laziness, pure and simple. He doesn't have to do extra research that way.
Yep, exactly. When writing about Fritz, stick to the sources that are about Fritz. I mean, I myself am not an expert on French, Austrian, or Russian politics, but at least I'm aware that I'm looking at everything through a Prussian lens! And I would not pass personal judgment, in a published book, on Elizaveta or her ministers or her lover/morganatic husband by quoting exclusively Prussian sources.
Fritz to French visitors of the early 1780s: Your king should totally take a mistresss!
Wasn't he trying to get his niece into power in the Netherlands? Women shouldn't have power unless it benefits him!
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Date: 2020-03-01 03:30 pm (UTC)Re: why Blanning just accepts Preuss on Elizabeth when he doesn't accept Preuss' take on Fritz: I suspect laziness, pure and simple. He doesn't have to do extra research that way.
Yep, exactly. When writing about Fritz, stick to the sources that are about Fritz. I mean, I myself am not an expert on French, Austrian, or Russian politics, but at least I'm aware that I'm looking at everything through a Prussian lens! And I would not pass personal judgment, in a published book, on Elizaveta or her ministers or her lover/morganatic husband by quoting exclusively Prussian sources.
Fritz to French visitors of the early 1780s: Your king should totally take a mistresss!
Wasn't he trying to get his niece into power in the Netherlands? Women shouldn't have power unless it benefits him!