18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 36

[cahn]

Starting a couple of comments earlier than usual to mention there are a couple of new salon fics! These probably both need canon knowledge.

felis ficlets on siblings!

Siblings (541 words) by felisnocturna
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf, August Wilhelm von Preußen | Augustus William of Prussia (1722-1758), Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758)
Summary:

Three Fills for the 2022 Three Sentence Ficathon.

Chapter One: Protective Action / Babysitting at Rheinsberg (Frederick/Fredersdorf, William+Henry+Ferdinand)
Chapter Two: Here Be Lions (Wilhelmine)

Unsent Letters fic by me:

Letters for a Dead King (1981 words) by raspberryhunter
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great & Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen (1726-1802)
Characters: Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen | Henry of Prussia (1726-1802)
Additional Tags: Epistolary, Love/Hate, Talking To Dead People, Canonical Character Death, Dysfunctional Family
Summary:

Just because one's king and brother is dead doesn't mean one has to stop writing to him.

Comments

Re: More Peter Hagendorf

[selenak]

Dearest Detective, I already read this book two years ago, for verily, the Stabi has it, and it is a double edition (original baroque German and modern German translation) with two most intriguing prefaces by the original researcher, the first from the original publication in the 1990s, when he didn't know yet the name of the diarist, and a second one upon republication a few years ago, where he summarizes all that became known about Peter Hagendorf since then. However, two years ago you, oh my fellow salon frequenters, were not yet interested in the Thirty Years War, and so I did not create a write up. I could reorder the book and do it then, but this will have to wait until July, as I am in Bamberg right now, and then in June there might be a journey to foreign shores. As the emergency rules have been dropped, I don't think the Stabi still does mailing service, so I will have to pick it up in Munich.

Yours still exhausted, but willing to serve.

Re: More Peter Hagendorf

[mildred_of_midgard]

Aha, I should have known a reader as royal as you would be on top of it already! July is fine, no hurry.

for verily, the Stabi has it

I know--you lucky! I looked into what it would take for me to get a copy, and then, "Forty dollars?! Guess I'll ask Selena to read it for free."