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: Augustus Hervey III: Sex and Antiquities

[cahn]

We stayed late, making love in the frereatica (sic) way (as they all it).

what

(I have read mildred's reply below, but also: what)

Augustus, are you implying Frederick married solely for money and misjudged his bride on that account or that he ought to have married for money due to his expensive tastes but didn't?

Heh, from that line alone with no context I would guess the latter.

and in November, the famous earthquake of Lissabon that causes a big philosophical crisis for many a philosophe and which Voltaire works into Candide happens, destroying two thirds of the city Augustus is familiar with.

Ah, yes, I remember that :(