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: Émilie Tripled

[selenak]

Long live comparative literature, say I. :) And see, that's what I get from having read the dissertation only once and then quickly.

Mary Sommerville: with everything else, I haven't read her part of the book yet, but yes, another fascinating woman to explore.

Re: Émilie Tripled

[mildred_of_midgard]

And see, that's what I get from having read the dissertation only once and then quickly.

This is what I get for not only having read it more slowly, but then having gone through it a second time just a few months ago, assembling my Algarotti chronology.

And yet you picked up on the Queen of Hungary bit that I missed! This is why it's so great to be part of a salon. :D

with everything else, I haven't read her part of the book yet

Not surprised! Idk how you're doing as much as you are, I'm still falling behind on comments! (Because unlike a year ago when comments were all I did, I'm now working, studying German, and starting to read again now that I'm feeling better--currently skimming a Diderot bio, will try to do a write-up at some point.)