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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Re: Leining to Fredersdorf: Letter 3

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I didn't remember the Nicolai version either! Thank you for giving me his version, which was quite something.

Völker wrote an order of arrest to the commander of Magdeburg in the name of the King, Glasow used the King's small seal, B*** was arrested, and sent via transport to Magdeburg.

Gosh! That would explain the seal stuff, anyway...

It's interesting that Fredersdorf's signet has become the King's seal, though presumably Glasow could have used both.

This makes sense to me as a change in the story, it's at least a bit easier to say "the King's seal" than "the signet of the King's chamberlain, who is otherwise not really relevant to this story."

Guess what, His Majesty out of his own initiative has told me that when I'm returning home I should get married and live in my own house, as he's known me for a long time to be an honest fellow. What grace!

Me: WHAT?
:D

Please assure Mrs. Fredersdorf (literally "Mrs. Treasurer, i.e. Fredersdorf's highest ranking title) - of my respect

Aww, that's cute.