I have to say my favourite is when Amalie gets to play the Grand Sultan while Heinrich plays the Sultan's favourite odalisque. Gender switching costumes for the win!
Yeah, that was fun.
Dear readers, if you want to know how the delicate feelings of a lady were offended at that time, check out what the Princess Amalie had to put up with when her brothers organized a fete.
Um.
...Schmidt-Lötzen, of all the things Amalie could and would complain about in her life, I really don't think these parties were included. I bet she enjoyed the drag stuff enormously, rather.
I bet! I mean, with Ziebura saying she and Ulrike romped with the boys and would rather have been boys (which is not to say they were transgender, just feeling confined by gender roles).
Yep, and why such a lot of Prussian nobility were constantly in debt.
Which would be suboptimal but still not totally crazy, if Fritz wouldn't complain when you get into debt. OMGWTF.
*mentally revising just how much scrimping Peter and Ariane must have done*
BTW, it occurs to me that it could have easily been otherwise re: Fritz being in a great mood, because: 1753 is the year of Voltaire's departure.
Omg, you're right. I was guessing Fritz's physical health might have been on an upswing in August/September, but I had forgotten about Voltaire!
Voltaire having spent the intermittent months at the Duchess of Saxe-Gotha's place
"Who, God be thanked, did not make verses," aka my favorite line from his memoirs. :P
Though hang on, when did the Frankfurt arrest happen, wasn't that in autumn as well?
Voltaire left Prussia in March, and Frankfurt was June/July. Just a few weeks before the big camp. Hmm.
I do remember Varnhagen von Ense (per Carlyle) arguing that Fritz was out of Prussia and busy with military stuff much of the time, and the orders were relayed through Fredersdorf (of whom von Ense is not a fan). Which is who I take Macaulay to be arguing against when he says it's ridiculous to claim that Fritz wasn't responsible.
Also, you know, *Voltaire* would certainly be in a bad letter-doctoring mood right after Frankfurt, but Fritz, having gotten his book back and asserted his dominance might be in a *good* mood because of Frankfurt more than in spite of Frankfurt.
But yes, it could easily have gone the other way, since Fritz does not soon forget his (boy)friends leaving him. Good catch.
Review in Spandau: you truly are the best detective. :)
:)
We know so little about Peter that I can remember most of the few details we *do* know, and I have a soft spot for him, so I'm always on the lookout for more.
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Re: AW readthrough - early 1750s
Date: 2020-09-07 02:10 pm (UTC)Yeah, that was fun.
Dear readers, if you want to know how the delicate feelings of a lady were offended at that time, check out what the Princess Amalie had to put up with when her brothers organized a fete.
Um.
...Schmidt-Lötzen, of all the things Amalie could and would complain about in her life, I really don't think these parties were included. I bet she enjoyed the drag stuff enormously, rather.
I bet! I mean, with Ziebura saying she and Ulrike romped with the boys and would rather have been boys (which is not to say they were transgender, just feeling confined by gender roles).
Yep, and why such a lot of Prussian nobility were constantly in debt.
Which would be suboptimal but still not totally crazy, if Fritz wouldn't complain when you get into debt. OMGWTF.
*mentally revising just how much scrimping Peter and Ariane must have done*
BTW, it occurs to me that it could have easily been otherwise re: Fritz being in a great mood, because: 1753 is the year of Voltaire's departure.
Omg, you're right. I was guessing Fritz's physical health might have been on an upswing in August/September, but I had forgotten about Voltaire!
Voltaire having spent the intermittent months at the Duchess of Saxe-Gotha's place
"Who, God be thanked, did not make verses," aka my favorite line from his memoirs. :P
Though hang on, when did the Frankfurt arrest happen, wasn't that in autumn as well?
Voltaire left Prussia in March, and Frankfurt was June/July. Just a few weeks before the big camp. Hmm.
I do remember Varnhagen von Ense (per Carlyle) arguing that Fritz was out of Prussia and busy with military stuff much of the time, and the orders were relayed through Fredersdorf (of whom von Ense is not a fan). Which is who I take Macaulay to be arguing against when he says it's ridiculous to claim that Fritz wasn't responsible.
Also, you know, *Voltaire* would certainly be in a bad
letter-doctoringmood right after Frankfurt, but Fritz, having gotten his book back and asserted his dominance might be in a *good* mood because of Frankfurt more than in spite of Frankfurt.But yes, it could easily have gone the other way, since Fritz does not soon forget his (boy)friends leaving him. Good catch.
Review in Spandau: you truly are the best detective. :)
:)
We know so little about Peter that I can remember most of the few details we *do* know, and I have a soft spot for him, so I'm always on the lookout for more.