Though some of his compliments can be, if one squints interpreted as maaaaaybe tongue in cheek, as when he says SD inherited all of her father G1's wonderful qualities that made him so universally beloved. Ahem.
Uhhh, I choose to believe that was tongue-in-cheek, because otherwise--WHAT??
he's since seen the light as FW offered him a job, and now is a proper enlightened Protestant!"
cahn, Pöllnitz is the one Fritz is reported as having teased with, "If I pay you, will you change your religion a fifth time? Come on, the first four times weren't that hard, and you're getting paid!"
Of interest to us: Pöllnitz writes admiringly about the Countess Orzelska that he only saw her in "Amazonian" wardrobe, i.e. dressed as a man, and that she makes an extremely dashing, handsome guy. I was wondering where all the "Orzelska loved dressing up in male wardrobe" from more novelistic treatments of Fritz' youth hails from.
Oh, nice find! I knew I wanted to point you to these memoirs. :D
No time to read more for now, alas
Your loyal readers will hold you to the "for now"! :)
Re: Pöllnitz and Gian Gastone
Uhhh, I choose to believe that was tongue-in-cheek, because otherwise--WHAT??
he's since seen the light as FW offered him a job, and now is a proper enlightened Protestant!"
Of interest to us: Pöllnitz writes admiringly about the Countess Orzelska that he only saw her in "Amazonian" wardrobe, i.e. dressed as a man, and that she makes an extremely dashing, handsome guy. I was wondering where all the "Orzelska loved dressing up in male wardrobe" from more novelistic treatments of Fritz' youth hails from.
Oh, nice find! I knew I wanted to point you to these memoirs. :D
No time to read more for now, alas
Your loyal readers will hold you to the "for now"! :)