It's only Nancy Goldstone going all Francis on him that rattled me. :)
Hee! I warn you that he's still Francis in my head, though, because we went straight to calling him FS, which means your German spelling never had a chance to override the number of English books I read. :)
intentionally infuriated her husband and the rest of the Medici as part of her "I want to return to France!" campaign was by trying to take those jewels and smuggle them out of the country...
Oh, I'd forgotten, you're right! Ha.
I tried to order a bio of Anna Maria Luisa (in Italian, ofc), btw, but that was the one the seller couldn't find his copy of, and I don't see any other copies for sale anywhere on the internet. But I'm keeping an eye out! Sadly, the bio of Anna Maria Franziska, Gian Gastone's "no way, no how am I leaving Bohemia for this useless gambling drunk" wife, was supposed to arrive by yesterday, having been ordered at the beginning of September, and I suspect it's lost to the overseas mail. I *also* can't find another copy of it.
Oh well. Keeping an eye out! (At this rate, I plan to learn Italian by reading about the fascinating gossipy trainwreck that is the dying out of the Medici grand ducal family. Honestly, the trainwreck that has been trying to get books about these people (one book the seller couldn't find, one is probably lost, one I missed my chance to order the only copy for sale of, and one I was sent the wrong book) has been reminding me of the historical characters involved! There's a definite lack of fecundity in both cases. :P)
ETA: Anna Maria Franziska arrived just now!
I'm currently leaning toward: 1. Learn German well enough to read comfortably. 2. Quickly improve Italian on some gossipy Medici sensationalism, but without needing to read it comfortably. (I'll do that when I get back to studying Renaissance Florence.) 3. Improve French, hopefully to the point of reading comfortably. 4. 5. Profit!!
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Re: Medici digression
Date: 2021-11-10 04:18 pm (UTC)Hee! I warn you that he's still Francis in my head, though, because we went straight to calling him FS, which means your German spelling never had a chance to override the number of English books I read. :)
intentionally infuriated her husband and the rest of the Medici as part of her "I want to return to France!" campaign was by trying to take those jewels and smuggle them out of the country...
Oh, I'd forgotten, you're right! Ha.
I tried to order a bio of Anna Maria Luisa (in Italian, ofc), btw, but that was the one the seller couldn't find his copy of, and I don't see any other copies for sale anywhere on the internet. But I'm keeping an eye out! Sadly, the bio of Anna Maria Franziska, Gian Gastone's "no way, no how am I leaving Bohemia for this useless gambling drunk" wife, was supposed to arrive by yesterday, having been ordered at the beginning of September, and I suspect it's lost to the overseas mail. I *also* can't find another copy of it.
Oh well. Keeping an eye out! (At this rate, I plan to learn Italian by reading about the fascinating gossipy trainwreck that is the dying out of the Medici grand ducal family. Honestly, the trainwreck that has been trying to get books about these people (one book the seller couldn't find, one is probably lost, one I missed my chance to order the only copy for sale of, and one I was sent the wrong book) has been reminding me of the historical characters involved! There's a definite lack of fecundity in both cases. :P)
ETA: Anna Maria Franziska arrived just now!
I'm currently leaning toward:
1. Learn German well enough to read comfortably.
2. Quickly improve Italian on some gossipy Medici sensationalism, but without needing to read it comfortably. (I'll do that when I get back to studying Renaissance Florence.)
3. Improve French, hopefully to the point of reading comfortably.
4.
5. Profit!!