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: Lehndorff readalong

[mildred_of_midgard]

THANK YOU

Yeah, I went to bed last night thinking we're going to have to figure out something different for this readalong.

First of which was, I meant to say this but was in a hurry and forgot:

But if I have to keep up with you, I don't have time to go through the German at the slow pace I need to! Can you maybe do the ones where you explain to me what's going on without the research?

Not if I'm at a computer, no. :P Believe me, I wasn't researching Staatsminister Katte and Marschall because I thought *you* were so interested. Looking things up is a compulsion with me. I can make the best resolutions to limit my googling, and it just. Does. Not Work. It's like gambling or gaming are for some people: it's an addiction for me.

But let's try the weekday/weekend split? Let me know much you think you can do in a week, and I'll let you know if I think I can comment that in a weekend.