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: Boswell in Prussia: All Things Fritz

[cahn]

When [Lehndorff] meets him post war, it's just "and then I met the King's reader, Henri de Catt", without saying much of anything else about him.

Heh. But surely if he were at all interesting Lehndorff would say something about him!

Wait! Zimmermann praises him.(And has heard the VERY VERY SECRET story of Fritz' suicide pills box from him, which only Catt knows, etc.)

LOL! I must admit I am side-eyeing this a little :P

But you can also understand why Burnet wrote to Mitchell that Boswell must not be allowed to meet Fritz.

ahahahaha yes.

That fanvid was a great intro to him! Clearly a labor of love <3

Re: Boswell in Prussia: All Things Fritz

[mildred_of_midgard]

LOL! I must admit I am side-eyeing this a little :P

Side-eye it a lot! We know that lots of people (like Kalckreuth) knew Fritz talked about poisoning himself, even if they presumably hadn't seen the box.

Remember this?

The King had told Prince Heinrich repeatedly that he'd poison himself if the news arrived that the Duke of Bevern was forced to cross the Oder. (...) Returning to the camp I met Cocceji, the AD to Field Marshal Keith, my great friend. I told him the news, and added: "So, how fares Mr. Poison?" Cocceji replied, laughing: "He lost his recipe."