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: through August 23, 1753

[mildred_of_midgard]

Can totally see that, and also this being his way of truthfully replying if/when Dad asks whether he's learned bible verses by heart this week.

"Yep, I go over them every night right before bed!"

Let's also recapitulate EC's top staff here: One Oberhofmarschall von Wartensleben, who is a sugar-hoarding miser who in his younger years "seduces the chambermaids" and in his older years spies on everyone, and with whom she clashes now and then without being able to fire him; one chamberlain who is an addicted gambler (Müller), and one chamberlain who's busy mooning over her brother-in-law when he's not wishing he'd work for her husband instead.

OMG. Poor EC. Also, sorry, EC, but I laughed.

Thank you for the additional Württemberg history!