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: Andrew Mitchell: The Return - Choosing an Envoy

[mildred_of_midgard]

Well, he had Ariane and his friends there, and while presumably he'd have taken his wife and children with him if he'd had to move to London as envoy, it would have meant uprooting again.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

So maybe he told the Brits not to tell Peter, either, which would have saved Peter from feeling rejected all over again.

Good point re Heinrich. I would guess it depends on whether Fritz thinks Keith was scheming, in which case he needs a firm "no, and stop it," or whether it was all the British, in which case he doesn't want to give Peter ideas. Since his letter says he's leaning toward the latter, let's hope he went, "No, and don't bring this up with Keith ever!"

Lehndorff: This is why all right-thinking people are indignant on your behalf, Sir. But I'm honored to know you anyway.

<3 you quoting from my fic!