18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 32

[cahn]

:) Still talking about Charles XII of Sweden / the Great Northern War and the Stuarts and the Jacobites, among other things!

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Re: Maximilian, letter writer

[selenak]

Oh man, being significantly older than Margaret of York was at the time I'm like... hm :)

Haha. Well, at least it follows it up with "a fine beautiful lady, well shaped"? BTW, I might have lnked this before, but in cse I haven't: a nice vid about Mary of Burgundy with English subtitles, using footage from the tv miniseries "Maximilian".

Re: Maximilian, letter writer

[cahn]

Oh, either you hadn't linked it or I hadn't watched it :) That's lovely! It certainly is a grand story that ought to have full TV treatment :D Though I was bracing myself for the end :P :(