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

Stabi request

[mildred_of_midgard]

So, I know you're really busy, but if you're hanging out at Stabi again, I've been meaning to ask if you can take a look at this volume on Fredersdorf.

It's short, so it might not have anything new to us, and of course the author might have terrible opinions and methodology, but, on the other hand it's recent, and it's written by a medical doctor. Given the title and table of contents, it might have something of interest about his illness(es) and death and possible connections with mercury. And judging by the table of contents, the author checked out his home town Gartz for signs of him. Don't know if he found anything, of course, but hey.

This volume could go either way (awesome, terrible, bland recap of what we already know), but it's been on my radar since shortly before the shutdown, when you were too busy to take requests, so I just wanted to get it on your radar. I'm not about to fork over money for it sight unseen, not with the shipping costs from Germany.

No rush!

Or, actually, it occurs to me we now have other Germans with access to German libraries too. :) If anyone has access to it and the time to flip through it and see if it's any good, that would be awesome!

Re: Stabi request

[selenak]

Okay, I ordered it. Will pick it up when I return the other books.

Re: Stabi request

[mildred_of_midgard]

Yay, thank you! *fingers crossed for quality*