Which also means that any references to a Lt.Col. Keith in Berlin before 1748 = definitely not Robert.
Exxxxcellent, then we can start including the Peter & Knobelsdorff cooperation into the official chronology.
Do we have memoirs from Darget, btw? If so, I haven't come across them yet. His pov on everything from showing up in The Palladion to Valory to the entire Fritz/Voltaire saga ought to be fascinating.
Also, was Voltaire the only one whose official reason for leaving weren't "health reasons"?
Exxxxcellent, then we can start including the Peter & Knobelsdorff cooperation into the official chronology.
It's on my list for this weekend! Both rheinsberg and the chronology need the latest Peter findings incorporated.
Do we have memoirs from Darget, btw?
OH MAN I HOPE SO. I've had a hard time tracking anything on him down, though; though admittedly last time I tried was over a year ago, when we had fewer sources for tracking people down. Perhaps Detective felis will find something!
Also, was Voltaire the only one whose official reason for leaving weren't "health reasons"?
I'm pretty sure that was Voltaire's reason too. Fritz was like, "You don't have to lie, you can go any time you want."
He may quit my service whenever he chooses, he doesn’t need to use the pretext of taking the waters in Plombières, but might he have the goodness to return to me before he leaves, his contract, the key, the cross, and the volume of poetry I lent him; I should have been content had he and König merely attacked my works, I am happy to offer them up to those who enjoy denigrating the reputation of others; I have none of the lunacy or vanity of authors, and the cabals of literary folk seem to me the very pinnacle of vileness
re: Darget - I've never encountered any mention of Darget memoirs, only references to his correspondence with various people. Trier doesn't list any in the bibliographical notes for his letters either, so I'm inclined to say there aren't any. :(
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Re: Voltaire: will you stay or will you go?
Date: 2021-03-30 11:03 am (UTC)Exxxxcellent, then we can start including the Peter & Knobelsdorff cooperation into the official chronology.
Do we have memoirs from Darget, btw? If so, I haven't come across them yet. His pov on everything from showing up in The Palladion to Valory to the entire Fritz/Voltaire saga ought to be fascinating.
Also, was Voltaire the only one whose official reason for leaving weren't "health reasons"?
Re: Voltaire: will you stay or will you go?
Date: 2021-03-30 12:13 pm (UTC)It's on my list for this weekend! Both
Do we have memoirs from Darget, btw?
OH MAN I HOPE SO. I've had a hard time tracking anything on him down, though; though admittedly last time I tried was over a year ago, when we had fewer sources for tracking people down. Perhaps Detective
Also, was Voltaire the only one whose official reason for leaving weren't "health reasons"?
I'm pretty sure that was Voltaire's reason too. Fritz was like, "You don't have to lie, you can go any time you want."
He may quit my service whenever he chooses, he doesn’t need to use the pretext of taking the waters in Plombières, but might he have the goodness to return to me before he leaves, his contract, the key, the cross, and the volume of poetry I lent him; I should have been content had he and König merely attacked my works, I am happy to offer them up to those who enjoy denigrating the reputation of others; I have none of the lunacy or vanity of authors, and the cabals of literary folk seem to me the very pinnacle of vileness
Re: Voltaire: will you stay or will you go?
Date: 2021-03-30 01:33 pm (UTC)