We will quote from a memoir of Gian Gastone in the Biblioteca Moreniana at Florence :
What memoir is this? This can't be a memoir that Gastone himself wrote in the third person, right? Presumably another party, who? (Someone who definitely had some juicy gossip...)
He would entertain a dozen dissolute boys to sumptuous dinners, and one by one he would call them by the names of his most prominent men of state. With these he would hold his nightly conference
Yeah, Gian Gastone is... very much a mixed bag :P
When the Grand Duke was informed, his delight was unbounded . He summoned his hectic young heroes, and wished them to render him a full account of their adventure. He lauded their courage, and made them bountiful amends.
Geesh. This does have a ring to me of the sort of delight in the unorthodox that grandfather Ferdinando had (and that honestly I really enjoyed about your description of him), except taken way, WAY too far. Ugh.
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Date: 2021-06-29 05:09 am (UTC)We will quote from a memoir of Gian Gastone in the Biblioteca Moreniana at Florence :
What memoir is this? This can't be a memoir that Gastone himself wrote in the third person, right? Presumably another party, who? (Someone who definitely had some juicy gossip...)
He would entertain a dozen dissolute boys to sumptuous dinners, and one by one he would call them by the names of his most prominent men of state. With these he would hold his nightly conference
Yeah, Gian Gastone is... very much a mixed bag :P
When the Grand Duke was informed, his delight was unbounded . He summoned his hectic young heroes, and wished them to render him a full account of their adventure. He lauded their courage, and made them bountiful amends.
Geesh. This does have a ring to me of the sort of delight in the unorthodox that grandfather Ferdinando had (and that honestly I really enjoyed about your description of him), except taken way, WAY too far. Ugh.