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!

Comments

Re: Dead or alive

[mildred_of_midgard]

You bet that those soldiers who just saw that even an officer from an old family like Katte got punished for planning desertion would obey a direct royal order over sparing the life of the Crown Prince

What do you think would have happened *before* they saw Katte got punished, on the way from Wesel to Küstrin when FW gave those "dead or alive" orders? If there had been a rescue attempt from Uncle George mid-August, would the Prussian officers have killed Fritz? It only takes one person to fire the shot...

especially since the later wasn't the only male heir.

Ooh, good point about the spares.

someone, probably felis

Lol, I like how we all know Felis is the likeliest detective here!