I had the same reaction! "OMG!!!" and "This is marvelous!" It's so over-the-top it's a work of art.
i.e. hardcore Grimm!
I'm not an expert on folklore, so take this with a grain of salt, but I've read that the Grimm brothers actually softened some of their source material up, in that they were getting stories like "And then her mother--" and they were like, "Surely not! This must have been a stepmother."
Okay, yes, that destroys any credibility this source has.
Nicolai it is not! To say the least.
I'm also now seriously questioning the conspiracy book, which I was unable to assess very much because of godawful font and general German-reading-slowness problem. Yes, the author said the anecdote was unverified, and yes, they said it was consistent with Christian's personality (which is true! that's why you started suspecting him as author!)--but why are you using this book at all??? It forces me to question your judgment, author.
Whatsoever.
What-so-freaking-absolutely-ever.
I have to say, I started to be skeptical about Hirschholm Palace when I saw that it was a royal palace that Frederik's mother was currently living in, but okay, he doesn't love his mother, he's crazy about Moltke, he's drunk, and he's impulsive. (It also seemed unlikely Moltke would accept, he wasn't usually greedy or reckless enough to make powerful enemies by taking a palace away from the Queen Mother!)
I was *also* unsure what made Christian so sure Moltke wasn't going to get his hands on the palace. But now that I see it's meant to be proof that Christian had so much influence over his father...it makes sense in context and also has zero credibility at all!
Re: Mirror mirror on the wall: Who's the evilest of them all? cont'd
i.e. hardcore Grimm!
I'm not an expert on folklore, so take this with a grain of salt, but I've read that the Grimm brothers actually softened some of their source material up, in that they were getting stories like "And then her mother--" and they were like, "Surely not! This must have been a stepmother."
Okay, yes, that destroys any credibility this source has.
Nicolai it is not! To say the least.
I'm also now seriously questioning the conspiracy book, which I was unable to assess very much because of godawful font and general German-reading-slowness problem. Yes, the author said the anecdote was unverified, and yes, they said it was consistent with Christian's personality (which is true! that's why you started suspecting him as author!)--but why are you using this book at all??? It forces me to question your judgment, author.
Whatsoever.
What-so-freaking-absolutely-ever.
I have to say, I started to be skeptical about Hirschholm Palace when I saw that it was a royal palace that Frederik's mother was currently living in, but okay, he doesn't love his mother, he's crazy about Moltke, he's drunk, and he's impulsive. (It also seemed unlikely Moltke would accept, he wasn't usually greedy or reckless enough to make powerful enemies by taking a palace away from the Queen Mother!)
I was *also* unsure what made Christian so sure Moltke wasn't going to get his hands on the palace. But now that I see it's meant to be proof that Christian had so much influence over his father...it makes sense in context and also has zero credibility at all!