Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 30

[cahn]

In which, despite the title, I would like to be told about the English Revolution, which is yet another casualty of my extremely poor history education :P :)

Also, this is probably the place to say that RMSE opened with three Fritz-fics, all of which I think are readable with minimum canon knowledge:

The Boy Who Lived - if you knew about the doomed escape-from-Prussia-that-didn't happen and tragic death of Fritz's boyfriend Hans Hermann von Katte, you may not have known about Peter Keith, the third young man who conspired to escape Prussia -- and the only one who actually did. This is his story. I think readable without canon knowledge except what I just said here.

Challenge Yourself to Relax - My gift, I posted about this before! Corporate AU with my problematic fave, Fritz' brother Heinrich, who's still Fritz's l'autre moi-meme even in corporate AU. Readable without canon knowledge if one has familiarity with the corporate world and the dysfunctions thereof.

The Rise and Fall of the RendezvousWithFame Exchange - Fandom AU with BNF fanfic writer Voltaire, exchange mod Fritz, and the inevitable meltdown. (I wrote this one and am quite proud of the terrible physics-adjacent pun contained within.) Readable without canon knowledge if one has familiarity with fandom and the dysfunctions thereof :P

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"....her enemy was the hopelessly amoral, wisecracking, doubledealing Frederick the Great...."

[selenak]

Mes amies, book trailer for the Nancy Goldstone book about MT and three of her daughters: here. My beta-reading pal kathyh pointed it out to me, worriedly adding that she didn't know whether I would agree with the Fritz characterisation. Well, wisecracking and doubledealing certainly is true; amoral, otoh, is debatable. :) Oh, and the Isabella/Mimi affair seems to be covered in detail.

(Also I'm not sure about Maria Carolina starting the golden age of Naples, given that, well, there was a FREAKING REVOLUTION long before Napoleon became a problem which was only put down by bloody British intervention courtesy of Nelson and Emma Hamilton. But Maria Carolina certainly was one of the smartest and most energetic of MT's offsprings.)

Re: "....her enemy was the hopelessly amoral, wisecracking, doubledealing Frederick the Great...."

[mildred_of_midgard]

Well, wisecracking and doubledealing certainly is true; amoral, otoh, is debatable. :)

Hahahahaaaa, this is such an awesome description. I'll concede as far as "amoral"; there was a fair bit of raison d'état and raison de Fritz in his actions. :P But "hopelessly amoral," no. In my view, he was too complex for that.

Also, I wish to point out that MT sometimes benefitted from the doubledealing, like when he abandoned the French to make separate peaces with her. Or as Macaulay put it, "His first object was to rob the Queen of Hungary. His second was that, if possible, nobody should rob her but himself." :P

But Maria Carolina certainly was one of the smartest and most energetic of MT's offsprings.)

I'm definitely looking forward to learning more about her, I've been wanting a well-written take on her for a while, beyond what Horowski provides.

ViennaJoe poses some stiff competition for most energetic, though. ;)

Re: "....her enemy was the hopelessly amoral, wisecracking, doubledealing Frederick the Great...."

[cahn]

LOLOLOL well, how would Fritz feel about being called "hopelessly amoral"? I mean, he might get a kick out of it, especailly if he got to be doubledealing and wisecracking...

I did laugh at the "big hair" crack :)

I am SO THERE for this book :D