Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 40

[cahn]

I'm trying to use my other account at least occasionally so I posted about my Yuletide gifts there, including the salon-relevant 12k fic that features Fritz, Heinrich, Voltaire, Fredersdorf, Saint Germain, Caroline Daum (Fredersdorf's wife), and Groundhog Day tropes! (Don't need to know canon.)

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Re: Lochiel of the '45, by John Sibbald Gibson (1994)

[luzula]

Re: Dungallon turning informer, the really famous informer was Murray of Broughton, who had been secretary to the Prince, and turned King’s Evidence. From what I've read, his information led to the hanging of various of his earlier companions. I haven't read much about him as a person (perhaps Mildred has?), but I do wonder about his motivations. He was actually a driving force behind getting the Rising going, so why betray it later? There is of course the obvious motivation of saving his own skin. But given that so many of the executed Jacobites died proudly and unrepentantly, he must have known that he would be despised for betraying his companions. Which he really was. Also, his wife Margaret was an ardent Jacobite, and I wonder what she thought of him! He has written memoirs, which I assume contain self-justifications, but I haven't read them...

Re: Lochiel of the '45, by John Sibbald Gibson (1994)

[mildred_of_midgard]

I haven't read much about him as a person (perhaps Mildred has?)

Alas, no!

Re: Lochiel of the '45, by John Sibbald Gibson (1994)

[cahn]

Oh wow. If you ever do read about him I'd love to hear what people/he himself think his motivations were!