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: Surprise meetings

[mildred_of_midgard]

In a way, St. Petersburg is a symbol for Peter's reign, isn't it? Lots of life lost, looked insane to most of his contemporaries, but at the end he did have what he wanted:

What a great way of putting it. It is indeed symbolic.

It's not called "the Venice of the North" for nothing.

Thank you for reminding me that I wanted to tell cahn that it's also called "The City Built on Bones." Both are true! (And that's really Peter's reforms in a nutshell: the Venice of the North Built on Bones.)

MT: I laughed so hard! I knew I wanted you to cover this AU. :D This is joining the Rheinsberg ficlets.

He may attend my husband's coronation in Frankfurt and visit that city instead, though.

Hahaha, this reminds me of the reaction of some of her advisors to the proposal of compromising with Fritz on Silesia:

The Elector of Brandenburg's function in the Empire, he pointed out, was to hold the emperor's silver wash basin, not to invade his domains.

Reported by Asprey.

The whole thing is so hilarious, I must refrain from quoting ALL of it!