What with W's classism, the fact that hating your parents is not on, and hating and loving your parents at the same time is complicated in any century, never mind the 18th, Eversmann looks to me like a really, really safe target for sheer unadulterated hatred.
:( That sounds very plausible.
The King preferred tall, well-built soldiers. Big men could more readily handle and more quickly reload the long-barrelled infantry musket. Linking size and physical fitness was also reasonable in an economic environment where malnutrition was common and a military environment where captains and colonels concerned with keeping their muster rolls reasonably honest might well overlook such minor problems as double hernias.
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:( That sounds very plausible.
The King preferred tall, well-built soldiers. Big men could more readily handle and more quickly reload the long-barrelled infantry musket. Linking size and physical fitness was also reasonable in an economic environment where malnutrition was common and a military environment where captains and colonels concerned with keeping their muster rolls reasonably honest might well overlook such minor problems as double hernias.
WHAT. Uh-huh. Does that explain the painting?