the fact that Stratemann reports Sophie got the least presents from FW in 1731, but SD made it up to her in secret by giving her a cross with diamonds is another hint that Sophie’s governess Madame de Jouccourt was his source for all the family anecdotes.
Excellent detective work!
Now wasn’t that in 1728 as well, i.e. when Stratemann starts to write?
Indeed! Scanning that entry with my limited German and blackletter handicap, it seems to be "Bacchus reigned, everyone had a great time, the wine flowed; the feast was celebrated early* because Seckendorff has to leave for Saxony, oh, and there are about to be some executions of officers in Magdeburg soon..."
* I have been wondering about the date of Suhm's letter not matching the feast day, not even a little bit, for a year now! Thanks, Stratemann. :D
Because I have this vision of Stratemann going “hey, Suhm, you were at the hunting, want to share some adorable stories about how the King is such great father to his children?”
Ahahahahaaaaa *lolsob*. This is why I think Johnn, after Katte's execution, grabbed him by force and said, "LOOK. This Disney king of yours is Scar, not Mufasa." To which Stratemann wrote in his report, "Well, it could have been much worse, all sounds very just and noble to me..."
Also, re Suhm, let's remember it's not just Suhm's friend Fritz FW has been whaling on, but Suhm had grabbed his family and fled the country from FW's death threats just a year and a half earlier.
ETA: OMG.It just occured to me - the Hohenzollern as described by Stratemann was what EC thought she was marrying into.
OMG, you're right! :( At least Louise would have known what she was getting into...though I guess she married AW shortly after the happy Rheinsberg years, so we'll say she had at least an inkling. Though Ziebura, if I'm remembering correctly, says EC for a long time thought that things would go back to normal after Fritz was done with his glorious conquests...
Stratemann, see what you did with your Disney AU!
he had been in Italy, remember, meeting Lady Mary during her years there and writing home disgustedly he heard about her menstruating so that she bled through to the bed of the inn, and this at her age, how disgusting, and she DANCED, too, etc, etc.
Oh, right, that was him! It's hard to keep track of all the misogyny. :P
(I.e. it was a “no one talks trash about Davy but me” thing.)
Funnily enough, that's exactly how Damrosch introduces this anecdote:
Whatever tensions existed between Johnson and Garrick, everyone noticed that Johnson wouldn’t allow Garrick to be criticized by anyone but himself. When Boswell tried to get a rise out of him by suggesting that Garrick was too vain about his reputation, Johnson retorted, “Sir, it is wonderful how little Garrick assumes..."
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Date: 2020-10-07 02:03 pm (UTC)Excellent detective work!
Now wasn’t that in 1728 as well, i.e. when Stratemann starts to write?
Indeed! Scanning that entry with my limited German and blackletter handicap, it seems to be "Bacchus reigned, everyone had a great time, the wine flowed; the feast was celebrated early* because Seckendorff has to leave for Saxony, oh, and there are about to be some executions of officers in Magdeburg soon..."
* I have been wondering about the date of Suhm's letter not matching the feast day, not even a little bit, for a year now! Thanks, Stratemann. :D
Because I have this vision of Stratemann going “hey, Suhm, you were at the hunting, want to share some adorable stories about how the King is such great father to his children?”
Ahahahahaaaaa *lolsob*. This is why I think Johnn, after Katte's execution, grabbed him by force and said, "LOOK. This Disney king of yours is Scar, not Mufasa." To which Stratemann wrote in his report, "Well, it could have been much worse, all sounds very just and noble to me..."
Also, re Suhm, let's remember it's not just Suhm's friend Fritz FW has been whaling on, but Suhm had grabbed his family and fled the country from FW's death threats just a year and a half earlier.
ETA: OMG.It just occured to me - the Hohenzollern as described by Stratemann was what EC thought she was marrying into.
OMG, you're right! :( At least Louise would have known what she was getting into...though I guess she married AW shortly after the happy Rheinsberg years, so we'll say she had at least an inkling. Though Ziebura, if I'm remembering correctly, says EC for a long time thought that things would go back to normal after Fritz was done with his glorious conquests...
Stratemann, see what you did with your Disney AU!
he had been in Italy, remember, meeting Lady Mary during her years there and writing home disgustedly he heard about her menstruating so that she bled through to the bed of the inn, and this at her age, how disgusting, and she DANCED, too, etc, etc.
Oh, right, that was him! It's hard to keep track of all the misogyny. :P
(I.e. it was a “no one talks trash about Davy but me” thing.)
Funnily enough, that's exactly how Damrosch introduces this anecdote:
Whatever tensions existed between Johnson and Garrick, everyone noticed that Johnson wouldn’t allow Garrick to be criticized by anyone but himself. When Boswell tried to get a rise out of him by suggesting that Garrick was too vain about his reputation, Johnson retorted, “Sir, it is wonderful how little Garrick assumes..."