Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 23

[cahn]

aaaaaand it's time for a new discussion post! :D (you guys are so fast!)

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Re: Heights and weights; library additions

[cahn]

I always love when you do these asides, this is fascinating and Klepper sounds fascinating. (Although the "solidarity with the Hohenzollern!" thing startled a bit of a laugh out of me.)

(Reminder: I'm just paraphrasing here, his opinion, not mine. It's clear he hasn't read Lehndorff.)

I can't help but wonder what he would have made of the fan incident!

Re: Heights and weights; library additions

[selenak]

Oh, same. His idea of EC clearly would not hit Wartensleben with a fan, let alone hard enough to shatter the thing. It doesn't sound like he's read Frau von Voss, either, since while she doesn't report the fan incident she does comment on EC's moodiness.

As for 20th century European royals supposedly needing to adhere to the royal bro code by boycotting the country where Willy no longer reigned - for God's sake, not even the other German royals (i.e. the Bavarians) saw any need for that. But that's a believer in monarchy for you.