Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 42

[cahn]

Last post, we had (among other things) Danish kings and their favorites; Louis XIV and Philippe d'Orléans; reviews of a very shippy book about Katte, a bad Jacobite novel, and a great book about clothing; a fic about Émilie du Châtelet and Voltaire; and a review of a set of entertaining Youtube history videos about Frederick the Great.

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Re: Answers from the last post

[mildred_of_midgard]

This would definitely be one of the shortest-lived bodyswaps! (Fritz and Heinrich could impersonate each other a good long time, I imagine.)

Chronologically, though, it would be hard to get this exact scenario: Fritz becomes king in 1740 and invades Silesia almost immediately, Keyserlingk dies in 1745, Frederik V becomes king in 1746.

So either we have to fudge some dates, or else Fritz is going to be a crown prince with a Pietist father for 6 more years, or Frederik's going to land in a country that already has Silesia and no Keyserlingk.

I vote we kill Christian VI off in 1740. What's one more dead monarch that year, anyway?

Biche: Wuff!

Aww, Biche just wants her human back!