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: Return of the Orange Peel (in unexpected places)

[mildred_of_midgard]

Eh, Alexeji Orlov might have written in French

Oh, sure, but I was thinking of modern scholarship evaluating the evidence, for the same reason I have to learn German to study people who wrote in French. Imagine if you only knew French and read Catt's memoirs! ;)

he's swept me away.

Swept you off your feet, you say? ;)

I have only found him to be a great man who is good and sociable.

Ah, the honeymoon phase.

That's a great quote to remember, thank you. Filing that one away.