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: Lehndorff

[mildred_of_midgard]

Definitely very interested! What's the Scotswoman's name?

Re: Lehndorff

[luzula]

Oh sorry, I got the date wrong, it's 1756. She's a Mrs Margaret Calderwood, née Steuart. Lots of interesting family connections and fun gossip. : )

Re: Lehndorff

[mildred_of_midgard]

Ah, makes sense! I was prepared to be surprised by a second incognito trip to the Netherlands, but Fritz is always surprising us. I eagerly await a different perspective on the 1756 trip.

cahn, this is the trip where he took Glasow and met Catt, whose great virtue was to be impressed with Fritz without knowing he was king (or while pretending not to recognize him), which I think accounts for much of Catt's favor later on. ;) Lehndorff wishes he had been taken instead of Glasow, and says he would totally have had such good taste as to be impressed with an incognito Fritz!

I believe Fritz was eventually outed, but not as dramatically as at Strasbourg. ;)