18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 35

[cahn]

In the previous post Charles II found AITA:

Look, I, m, believe in live and let live. (And in not going on my travels again. Had enough of that to last a life time.) Why can't everyone else around me be more chill? Instead, my wife refuses to employ my girlfriend, my girlfriend won't budge and accept another office, my brother is set on a course to piss off everyone (he WILL go on his travels again), and my oldest kid shows signs of wanting my job which is just not on, sorry to say. And don't get me started about Mom (thank God she's living abroad). What am I doing wrong? AITA?

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Re: Pompadour gossip

[mildred_of_midgard]

Oh right, you have read that book! It's on my someday list, but I checked and it's not in German, so I can't read it now. :P (It's so funny how my brain refused to read any German in November-December, no matter how hard I tried to make it, and it's refused to read English since January 1, no matter how hard I've tried.)

But if you want another book rec, I managed to start a book I was really enjoying: Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution, by Mike Duncan. I stalled out about 25% of the way through, because it's not in German (I checked :P), but I plan to finish it when my brain lets me! No idea how accurate it is, but it's Goldstone levels of readability, and the topic may be of interest to you.

Re: Pompadour gossip

[cahn]

Sure! Yay readable history books! Uhh, as soon as I finish all these other books (Hugos season has also started, so I've got a bunch of reading for that in the queue).