This sounds awesome, and I look forward to more tidbits!
Preface writer: Seckendorff rocked! No other envoy in this century has accomplished as much as he!
Ghost of Seckendorff *smugly*: Told you so.
Preface writer: as a warrior-diplomat combo, he was unequalled!
All the other envoys: still got imprisoned twice, and once by his own team. We didn't, except Poniatowski.
MT: You know, all that money you poured into Fritz's coffers? (And Wilhelmine's.) I could have used that when I inherited a BANKRUPT COUNTRY. Okay, Fritz was a drop in the bucket. But it's the principle of the thing! All we got in return was one freaking salmon.
But: the biography writer would have been able to interview people who'd actually known Seckendorff in his later years, and have had access to print media long since lost, newspaper accunts, pamphlets and the like.
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Re: Seckendorff
Date: 2020-10-17 01:10 am (UTC)Preface writer: Seckendorff rocked! No other envoy in this century has accomplished as much as he!
Ghost of Seckendorff *smugly*: Told you so.
Preface writer: as a warrior-diplomat combo, he was unequalled!
All the other envoys: still got imprisoned twice, and once by his own team. We didn't, except Poniatowski.
MT: You know, all that money you poured into Fritz's coffers? (And Wilhelmine's.) I could have used that when I inherited a BANKRUPT COUNTRY. Okay, Fritz was a drop in the bucket. But it's the principle of the thing! All we got in return was one freaking salmon.
But: the biography writer would have been able to interview people who'd actually known Seckendorff in his later years, and have had access to print media long since lost, newspaper accunts, pamphlets and the like.
Let us hope he made good use of them!