18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 37

[cahn]

More diaries of our favorite 18th-century Prussian diary-keeper have been unearthed and have been synopsized!

January 18th: Blessed be thou to me! Under your light, my Prince Heinrich was born!

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Re: The Man in the Iron Mask

[cahn]

Oh man, I'd forgotten about the Angelique books. I actually remember almost nothing about them, though I really liked them! -- but I do remember Joffrey getting "burned" and showing up again later in a different novel, though I didn't remember why. Thanks for the recap! <3

Re: The Man in the Iron Mask

[selenak]

I once wrote an entire post in praise of the Angelique novels here:

https://selenak.dreamwidth.org/565628.html

Joffrey is still alive because Louis actually did have scruples nr: the burning of an innocent man, so he replaced him with another condemned prisoner at the last moment and sent him to the galleys as an anonymous prisoner instead. Joffrey then escaped and became a Medierranean pirate called the Rescator for a while (wearing a black mask in order not to be identified, btw).