Yeah, they might have decided it would look like weakness for them to back down in 1727, and then they got stuck in a sunk costs situation that only got rectified during the big reshuffling.
After all, that's when Rottembourg is actually conspiring for a hot minute, so clearly in 1727, FW comes across as vulnerable either to illness or to being declared insane.
Ah, yes, good catch on the chronology. 1727 is when Rottembourg is recalled for the last time, so the Suhm-hanging episode happened right during the conspiracy, yes!
But even if Fritz and Suhm are already close (and we know they are in 1728), Lynar got recalled from Russia, as I described in another comment today, and only sent back when his lover was actually in power, so they could totally have done that with Suhm.
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Re: Le Diable: The Political Biography - B
Date: 2021-03-14 04:09 pm (UTC)After all, that's when Rottembourg is actually conspiring for a hot minute, so clearly in 1727, FW comes across as vulnerable either to illness or to being declared insane.
Ah, yes, good catch on the chronology. 1727 is when Rottembourg is recalled for the last time, so the Suhm-hanging episode happened right during the conspiracy, yes!
But even if Fritz and Suhm are already close (and we know they are in 1728), Lynar got recalled from Russia, as I described in another comment today, and only sent back when his lover was actually in power, so they could totally have done that with Suhm.
Every other envoy: Head. Desk.
Stratemann: Hey! My tactics got us 3 marriages!
Every other envoy: A Pyrrhic victory at best.
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