Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 19

[cahn]

Yuletide nominations:

18th Century CE Federician RPF
Maria Theresia | Maria Theresa of Austria
Voltaire
Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great
Ernst Ahasverus von Lehndorff
Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen | Henry of Prussia (1726-1802)
Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758)
Anna Amalie von Preußen | Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723-1787)
Catherine II of Russia
Hans Hermann von Katte
Peter Karl Christoph von Keith
Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf
August Wilhelm von Preußen | Augustus William of Prussia (1722-1758)

Circle of Voltaire RPF
Emilie du Chatelet
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson (Madame de Pompadour)
John Hervey (1696-1743)
Marie Louise Mignot Denis
Lady Mary Wortley-Montagu
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu (1696-1788)
Francesco Algarotti

Comments

Re: Reading more Fritz/Voltaire letters (1740-42)

[selenak]

My own thoughts can be summed up in one sentence: someone is still miffed Algarotti got a "come to me at once!" summon in June 1740 and he did not. :)

(And neither of them knew Fritz' old teacher got exactly the same letter, just like Manteuffel and Voltaire got the same golden Socrates-Alcibiades gift. Fritz: thrifty reuser:)

Re: Reading more Fritz/Voltaire letters (1740-42)

[mildred_of_midgard]

someone is still miffed Algarotti got a "come to me at once!" summon in June 1740 and he did not. :)

AHAHAHAA, yes, you are right!

Fritz is miffed that Voltaire keeps leaving him in the 1740s, Voltaire is miffed he didn't get the immediate invitation, Fritz is miffed Voltaire won't come without Émilie, Voltaire is miffed Fritz won't invite Émilie...

Pleschinski: OTP. They deserve each other.

Fritz: thrifty reuser:)

Fritz: Time is money!