I suppose that his nurse and all his first teachers in his own country were Prussians, or otherwise bribed by the King of Prussia,
LOLOLOL! Fritz: Hey, you know, that's a great idea. Heinrich, go bribe all the nurses of monarchs in the vicinity. Heinrich: Why is it that I always have to do the work?
And to me he said in one of those outpourings with which he often bothered me
This I bet is true, I mean, maybe not necessarily the content but that he was pestering Poniatowski who was rolling his eyes, lol.
he wasn't stupid, he was just mad... and was in general dressed so ridiculous and tasteless that he ever looked like a Capitano or like something that escaped an Italian farce.
Heeee. Regardless of whether his portrait is true, he can sure make it memorable.
(Being the unironic, undetached, un-historically-informed reader that I am, very glad the two of you are here to make comments on Poniatowski's objectivity, lol. Otherwise I would have come away thinking Peter was exactly like that!)
Re: Poniatowski: Totally Objective Assessment of (P)Russian Pete
I suppose that his nurse and all his first teachers in his own country were Prussians, or otherwise bribed by the King of Prussia,
LOLOLOL!
Fritz: Hey, you know, that's a great idea. Heinrich, go bribe all the nurses of monarchs in the vicinity.
Heinrich: Why is it that I always have to do the work?
And to me he said in one of those outpourings with which he often bothered me
This I bet is true, I mean, maybe not necessarily the content but that he was pestering Poniatowski who was rolling his eyes, lol.
he wasn't stupid, he was just mad... and was in general dressed so ridiculous and tasteless that he ever looked like a Capitano or like something that escaped an Italian farce.
Heeee. Regardless of whether his portrait is true, he can sure make it memorable.
(Being the unironic, undetached, un-historically-informed reader that I am, very glad the two of you are here to make comments on Poniatowski's objectivity, lol. Otherwise I would have come away thinking Peter was exactly like that!)