he might have stayed, yeah! Unless Lady Mary was driving him crazy. :P
I don't think Lady Mary is still in England! Didn't she leave between the first and the second Algarotti trip to London, in the expectation of reuniting with him in Italy etc.?
How long before Algarotti gets tired of whatever job he has in London, though? Even with August the Chill in Saxony, he didn't stay long. I think he was a "grass is greener" personality. Fritz might still have been able to win him over.
True enough, though I would suggest he'll stay at least until the first Silesian War is over. I mean, it's one thing to go to peace time Prussia, and another to go to war time Prussia knowing the King won't be there. Furtherly given the London attractions, which, hey, include favourite dish Andrew Mitchell, I think it's even more likely Algarotti will wait until the second Silesian War is over, and then he goes to reunite with his glorious Warrior King. Not least because by then, I expect also the following will have happened:
G2 & fictional teenage daughter of Hervey = catastrophe. G2 was seriously in love with Caroline, and neither of his chosen long time mistresses was a teenage girl. He would not have had the patience to try to win her over, and by himself he's a middle aged to old overweight German obsessed with continental geneaology and his long ago short time in the field, neither one a subject of interest to a teenage English aristocrat, who already kept comparing Caroline to his mistress when she was alive (in Caroline's favor) and is bound to say something like "Caroline would have understood!" at the first opportunity. It's the Rebecca situation from hell, only this Maxim was actually in love with his first wife. And yes, I know Philip V. of Spain's wives were at the start teenage girls who could and did manage a depressive unstable royal husband, winning his love to boot, but I dare say those are the exceptions from the rule.
So basically, the marriage is a failure, G2 blames Hervey, because of course he would, Hervey's dreams of a career have gone through the toilet, his mood is terrible, and Algarotti's "getting the hell out of there!" instinct would have been on highest alert.
I love the image of him leaving his luggage behind, though. ,
Oh, me too. And that in rl, Lady Hervey was the one who had to send it after him.
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So basically, the marriage is a failure, G2 blames Hervey, because of course he would, Hervey's dreams of a career have gone through the toilet, his mood is terrible, and Algarotti's "getting the hell out of there!" instinct would have been on highest alert.
I'm glad this didn't happen for the sake of the fictional teenage daughter, but (perhaps because it iddn't happen) I find it wildly entertaining!
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I don't think Lady Mary is still in England! Didn't she leave between the first and the second Algarotti trip to London, in the expectation of reuniting with him in Italy etc.?
Oh, right you are! She left in July. How could I forget?
Do you think she'd have come back if he had a permanent job in England thanks to Hervey, though? At the time she discovered he wasn't in Italy, he was roaming around Europe homeless; if she decided they'd just gotten their messages mixed, she might have gone back home.
Or not! She was honestly better off in Italy far away from him, imo.
Furtherly given the London attractions, which, hey, include favourite dish Andrew Mitchell, I think it's even more likely Algarotti will wait until the second Silesian War is over
Yes, I like your timeline!
And yes, I know Philip V. of Spain's wives were at the start teenage girls who could and did manage a depressive unstable royal husband, winning his love to boot, but I dare say those are the exceptions from the rule.
Agreed, and I think that worked because they were in the specific position that Moltke would later play for Frederik: being 24/7 emotional support while interfacing between the sick king and the nobles. Both of the wives, I believe, and maybe especially Isabella Farnese, had to do what looks like far more 24/7 support (as well as sex) for Philip than Moltke had to do most of the time for Frederik. Frederik seems to have been rather less incapacitated than Philip, who in turn seems to have been less incapacitated than GG. Who, though, came to power at a much older age than Frederik even lived to, so if you compare reign to reign, Frederik got more done; if you compare life to life, GG might have been in a better position to not drink himself to death if he'd inherited at age 20.
Oh, me too. And that in rl, Lady Hervey was the one who had to send it after him.
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I don't think Lady Mary is still in England! Didn't she leave between the first and the second Algarotti trip to London, in the expectation of reuniting with him in Italy etc.?
How long before Algarotti gets tired of whatever job he has in London, though? Even with August the Chill in Saxony, he didn't stay long. I think he was a "grass is greener" personality. Fritz might still have been able to win him over.
True enough, though I would suggest he'll stay at least until the first Silesian War is over. I mean, it's one thing to go to peace time Prussia, and another to go to war time Prussia knowing the King won't be there. Furtherly given the London attractions, which, hey, include favourite dish Andrew Mitchell, I think it's even more likely Algarotti will wait until the second Silesian War is over, and then he goes to reunite with his glorious Warrior King. Not least because by then, I expect also the following will have happened:
G2 & fictional teenage daughter of Hervey = catastrophe. G2 was seriously in love with Caroline, and neither of his chosen long time mistresses was a teenage girl. He would not have had the patience to try to win her over, and by himself he's a middle aged to old overweight German obsessed with continental geneaology and his long ago short time in the field, neither one a subject of interest to a teenage English aristocrat, who already kept comparing Caroline to his mistress when she was alive (in Caroline's favor) and is bound to say something like "Caroline would have understood!" at the first opportunity. It's the Rebecca situation from hell, only this Maxim was actually in love with his first wife. And yes, I know Philip V. of Spain's wives were at the start teenage girls who could and did manage a depressive unstable royal husband, winning his love to boot, but I dare say those are the exceptions from the rule.
So basically, the marriage is a failure, G2 blames Hervey, because of course he would, Hervey's dreams of a career have gone through the toilet, his mood is terrible, and Algarotti's "getting the hell out of there!" instinct would have been on highest alert.
I love the image of him leaving his luggage behind, though. ,
Oh, me too. And that in rl, Lady Hervey was the one who had to send it after him.
Re: Danish kings and their favorites: Moltke's memoirs
I'm glad this didn't happen for the sake of the fictional teenage daughter, but (perhaps because it iddn't happen) I find it wildly entertaining!
Re: Danish kings and their favorites: Moltke's memoirs
Oh, right you are! She left in July. How could I forget?
Do you think she'd have come back if he had a permanent job in England thanks to Hervey, though? At the time she discovered he wasn't in Italy, he was roaming around Europe homeless; if she decided they'd just gotten their messages mixed, she might have gone back home.
Or not! She was honestly better off in Italy far away from him, imo.
Furtherly given the London attractions, which, hey, include favourite dish Andrew Mitchell, I think it's even more likely Algarotti will wait until the second Silesian War is over
Yes, I like your timeline!
And yes, I know Philip V. of Spain's wives were at the start teenage girls who could and did manage a depressive unstable royal husband, winning his love to boot, but I dare say those are the exceptions from the rule.
Agreed, and I think that worked because they were in the specific position that Moltke would later play for Frederik: being 24/7 emotional support while interfacing between the sick king and the nobles. Both of the wives, I believe, and maybe especially Isabella Farnese, had to do what looks like far more 24/7 support (as well as sex) for Philip than Moltke had to do most of the time for Frederik. Frederik seems to have been rather less incapacitated than Philip, who in turn seems to have been less incapacitated than GG. Who, though, came to power at a much older age than Frederik even lived to, so if you compare reign to reign, Frederik got more done; if you compare life to life, GG might have been in a better position to not drink himself to death if he'd inherited at age 20.
Oh, me too. And that in rl, Lady Hervey was the one who had to send it after him.
YES!