Speaking of Lehndorff, I see elsewhere you‘ve found the info you wanted already, but just to make sure, I reread the January 1757 entries from Vol2, and they say Fritz and Heinrich were supposed to arrive on January 5th, but already arrive on January 4th at 11 pm at night and go and say hello to SD and the princesses anyway. (Lehndorff notes both Fritz and Heinrich kiss everyone on the cheek, which was of interest to me because I did wonder whether female family members were greeted by handkiss or cheek kissing+.) AW and Ferdinand don‘t arrive until January 11th, which is when they all have dinner at SD‘s, but then Fritz and Heinrich leave again while AW and Ferdinand stay. So in historical reality, Fritz alas was definitely not in Berlin when Peter died, but it really was just a few days, and I think you‘re more than entitled to claim some fictional license.
+ „Als er erfährt. daß die Königin-Mutter noch bei Tisch ist, geht er alsbald dorthin und erregt eine außerordentliche Freude. Er küßt alle Prinzessinnen und wird wieder geküßt. Der Prinz Heinrich macht es genau wie der König, und so sieht man nur Wange an Wange. und alles spricht zu gleicher Zeit, ohne daß man sich versteht; kurz, es herrscht große Freude.“
Yes, thank you! For fictional purposes, I think a week is quite reasonable to fudge. I think one of my criteria for creative license is turning out to be: "Is this going to destroy suspension of disbelief for a knowledgeable reader?" And there's "knowledgeable enough to know that FW wasn't present at Katte's execution," which we all are, and then there's "knowledgeable enough to be thrown out of a story because Peter Keith died on December 27 and Fritz didn't arrive until January 4, and yet they see each other before he dies, zomg the unrealism!"
I mean, "Pulvis et Umbra" took Fritz's February 1747 illness and Algarotti's March 1747 arrival in Berlin, and moved them after the May 1747 acquisition of the Antinous statue (which probably didn't even arrive until at least June), and I don't think that's the reason the story has so few kudos. ;)
That is interesting about the cheek kissing! It's these little day-to-day life details I'm always sure I'm getting wrong and am going to accidentally throw someone out of the story with.
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Re: Heinrich readthrough!
:) Lehndorff.
Re: Heinrich readthrough!
+ „Als er erfährt. daß die Königin-Mutter noch bei Tisch ist, geht er alsbald dorthin und erregt eine außerordentliche Freude. Er küßt alle Prinzessinnen und wird wieder geküßt. Der Prinz Heinrich macht es genau wie der König, und so sieht man nur Wange an Wange. und alles spricht zu gleicher Zeit, ohne daß man sich versteht; kurz, es herrscht große Freude.“
Re: Heinrich readthrough!
I mean, "Pulvis et Umbra" took Fritz's February 1747 illness and Algarotti's March 1747 arrival in Berlin, and moved them after the May 1747 acquisition of the Antinous statue (which probably didn't even arrive until at least June), and I don't think that's the reason the story has so few kudos. ;)
That is interesting about the cheek kissing! It's these little day-to-day life details I'm always sure I'm getting wrong and am going to accidentally throw someone out of the story with.