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: Wallenstein and Kepler

[mildred_of_midgard]

On the subject of famous people's mothers who are interesting in their own right, I just ran across a bio of Mary Ann Costello, mother of prime minister George Canning. She was an actress, and as you can probably guess, treated badly by 18th century society and often by the men around her. (Her contemporary Emma Hamilton says hi.)

I haven't read the bio, George Canning is My Son, which turned up by accident in a google search for Guy Dickens (she was his granddaughter), but the Kindle sample looks interesting. I'm not exactly dying to know more about her, but I think I speak for cahn when I say I would not say no to a selenak write-up, if said Selena had the time and interest at any point. ;)

Re: Wallenstein and Kepler

[(Anonymous)]

She does look interesting, and I will read the book, but I don't know yet when I will write the review. :)

Re: Wallenstein and Kepler

[mildred_of_midgard]

No worries! And if you never write it up, that's fine too. One, it's not like it's a Katte execution primary source, which you were consistently generous about <3, and two, it's not like I don't live in a glass house of not writing up everything I read!

(Still meaning to do that Brühl post, still need to get enough sleep to finish plowing through this book.)

Re: Wallenstein and Kepler

[cahn]

I never replied to mildred, but indeed she speaks for me as well! :D (I'm pretty much here for any selenak review, tbh.)