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!)

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Re: Fredersdorf: The Dirk Fahlenkamp Version (I) - Generalities

[mildred_of_midgard]

There are, in fact, two prefaces in that edition. One is the original one by Schmidt-Lötzen from 1907, and the other is actually an article a female historian wrote about tracking down the surviving Lehndorff diaries in the Leipzig archive when she was trying to verify a quote about EC, who was her main subject.

I noticed the two prefaces and the introduction, which is why I skipped to the main text. I do intend to go back and read them! But I have to *work* for every line of German I read, there's 15 pages' worth, and I was just more excited about the entries themselves. So I skipped ahead.

But you and Koser have taught me the error of my ways, and I am making an effort to be better about reading introductory material these days! ;)