cahn | Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 42

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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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cahn

was published in 1754 when David Erskine, a 20th century Hervey descended, talked his grandmother, the then owner of the Hervey papers, into letting him do this. His amusing and very well written introduction proves he has the Hervey literary gift

This all sounds excellent. You go, Erskine!

Very occasionally, he also leaves out key information which Erskine then provides in a footnote to make himself look better, like leaving out humbling himself and seeking favours from Newcastle

Ha, excellent!

As late as 2007, the Byng family still sought a postumous pardon and the Ministry of Defense still refused.

...Why not? It's 2007! (ETA: I must have missed your reply to

luzula, which I've now seen. Ugh.)

(Hervey's ghost: NOT THE LOVE RAT! Augustus, no!!!!!)

HAHAHAHAHA

for such instances as when he instructed any portly priests coveting plum promotions to compete in midnight runs through bogs and marshland.

...what. Is it possible to find out more about this guy??

Edited Date: 2023-04-11 05:22 am (UTC)

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mildred_of_midgard

...what. Is it possible to find out more about this guy??

It is! As always when I suggest books sight unseen, there's a risk it's terrible/boring/inaccurate, but the Stabi has a copy of The mitred earl: an 18th-century eccentric, by Brian Fothergill, 1974.