Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 20

[cahn]

Yuletide signups so far:
3 requests for Frederician RPF, 2 offers
2 requests for Circle of Voltaire RPF, 3 offers !! :D :D

(I am so curious as to who the third person is!)

Comments

Re: Lehndorff readalong

[selenak]

Let me add here that part of 1759, 1760-1762 also are mostly editorial comments, because Schmidt-Lötzen decided to cut summarize massively. Hence nearly nothing about Lehndorff's decision to get married, his first wife, difficulties with her mother and his mother, the death of his first child in volume 1, and his visits to Heinrich only summed up, not quoted. The later 7 Years War frettings and then juibilation when the news of the Second Miracle arrive, and then six months later the ZOMG! Murder in St. Petersburg! What now? reactions - all not there All material that shows up in volume 2.

Now as I said before, on the one hand, I understand, because the original volume was published to give readers a best of selection and overview, evidently not anticipating the eager reaction, and of course publishing with pre WWI censorship laws still in place. But I'm still surprised more of, say, Lehndorff's 1754 peacetime Prussian court stories made the cut than of his later 7 Years Wars entries, when those are reports on the biggest national drama.

Re: Lehndorff readalong

[cahn]

evidently not anticipating the eager reaction

but Lehndorff is so great, yet again I salute you original readers for clamoring for all the rest of the material!