Frederick the Great discussion post 12

[cahn]

Every time I am amazed and enchanted that this is still going on! Truly DW is the Earthly Paradise!

All the good stuff continues to be archived at rheinsberg :)

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Re: Trenck discussion

[mildred_of_midgard]

Now I knew noble prisoners paid for their imprisonment (food, creature comfort etc.), but - debaucheries? And Ried writes „Ausschweifungen“ ? What is going on in Magdeburg?

Now I'm curious too!

Re: Trenck discussion

[selenak]

I mean, maybe I'm overcomplicating things, and it was simply:

Ried (via messenger, he was in Berlin, after all, not Magdeburg): Trenck, good news! We're working on your case, and here's some money from your sister and other friends so you can buy yourself some nice cushions and maybe some books.

Trenck: Cushions nothing. I haven't gotten laid in nine years. Get me some Magdeburg working girls, stat.

Then again: as Lehndorff's diaries constantly tell me, (war time) imprisonment for nobles who weren't Trenck didn't prevent them from getting visits (like he shows up at old Seckendorff's) and to a degree socialize with the local Prussian nobility, at least the officers. (Hence lots of Austrian and French officers flirting with the Prussian court ladies and dancing with them at balls before being returned to their fortresses.) Now peace time imprisonment is probably a different issue, not to mention that someone like Trenck, with his jail break record, probably would be suspected to make a run for it even in his last few months if they let him out of Magedburg Fortress, but maybe he was allowed to hang out with the other prisoners now?