Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 29

[cahn]

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Re: Once Upon A Time in Brandenburg: The Affair of the Poisons (Prussian Edition)

[felis]

I would be very much surprised if FW didn't see his grandfather as a hero to emulate

Oh, yeah, certainly in the political area, and when it comes to stuff like money and the army. My question was more inspired by the personal relationship side, i.e. how he saw the Great Elector vs. F1 relationship, but I guess in the end it was rather convenient that he could put the poisoning fears on a woman and ignore the actual Elector vs. F1 problems.

Re: Once Upon A Time in Brandenburg: The Affair of the Poisons (Prussian Edition)

[mildred_of_midgard]

On the personal relationship side, I would bet on FW's take being "In any father-son conflict, the father is always right." Unlike G2, who belatedly had to remember that *his* Dear Old Dad and he hadn't always been on the best of terms, FW was dutiful toward his father, even though his worst nightmare was another king like F1 on the throne of Prussia.