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: Katte

[cahn]

which is why General von Spaen used to joke that the King had an excellent memory right up to 1730.

Kloosterhuis says Spaen was cashiered, imprisoned 3 years in in Spandau (starting November 7, 1730), and then went into Dutch service.

I can see why you would want Fritz to acknowledge you made a sacrifice!

THERAPY FOR EVERYONE

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maybe that's a case of, "You know your escape plan is poorly thought out when even Lieutenant Hans Hermann 'My middle name is Impulsive' von Katte thinks it's a bad idea,"

Heh. Aw.

It does remind me of the story with him and Quantz -- I feel like sometimes people who are impulsive can also think quickly in a crisis because they're sort of used to thinking (sometimes too) quickly. Which I think you said to me maybe when writing the Katte fic? when you were cautioning me against making him too thoughtful.