Frederick the Great and Other 18th-C Characters, Discussion Post 31

[cahn]

And in this post:

-luzula is going to tell us about the Jacobites and the '45!

-I'm going to finish reading Nancy Goldstone's book about Maria Theresia and (some of) her children Maria Christina, Maria Carolina, and Marie Antoinette, In the Shadow of the Empress, and selenak is going to tell us all the things wrong with the last four chapters (spoiler: in the first twenty chapters there have been many, MANY things wrong)!

-mildred_of_midgard is going to tell us about Charles XII of Sweden and the Great Northern War

(seriously, how did I get so lucky to have all these people Telling Me Things, this is AWESOME)

-oh, and also there will be Yuletide signups :D

Comments

Re: The '45: from Derby to Culloden and after

[selenak]

Re: tongue-in-cheek - well, at the very least, he was always fond of trolling Uncle George. See also: makilng Jacobite George Keith official Prussian Ambassador. (First to Versailles, then to St. James.) And he defintely didn’t think cousin Cumberland was All That even before Cumberland screwed up in the 7 Years War. Otoh, I don’t think we have any actual pro Stuart quote from Fritz. The religion would have been off putting, if nothing else. Also Mom would have had something to say as long as she still lived.