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

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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: "Empress Elizabeth" and "Five Empresses" by Evgenii Anisimov - II

[cahn]

Perhaps most noteworthy in Saltykova's crimes was not her fantatical, obviously pathological cruelty, but the fact that the murders were committed by a sadistic noblewoman not on some remote godforsaken estate but openly in Moscow on Kurznetskaia Street, and that many including police officials knew about them.

...wow. That's just... yeah.

Pre- later 20th century German historians: Der Einzige!

19th century Prussian historians in particular: The various stupid favourites of the weak woman prevented the Czarina Elizabeth from remaining Fritz' ally. Can't think of another reason than Austrian bribery.

Anisimov: Fritz was undoubtedly the most brilliant monarch of his age, but good lord, that character.

Heeeee!