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: Charles Hanbury-Williams Tells It All: Habsburg Edition

[selenak]

Didn't they spend most of their time telling her she should just give some land to Fritz already and make peace with him? I can see why she wasn't a big fan.

They did, and of course, their alliance was also based on the fact Britain did not want France to put a French dependent client king on the imperial throne. (Whereas if you read H-W, you'd think the Brits only supported her in Silesia 1 out of the goodness of their hearts.