Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 44

[cahn]

Not only are these posts still going, there is now (more) original research going on in them deciphering and translating letters in archives that apparently no one has bothered to look at before?? (Which has now conclusively exonerated Fritz's valet/chamberlain Fredersdorf from the charge that he was dismissed because of financial irregularities and died shortly thereafter "ashamed of his lost honor," as Wikipedia would have it. I'M JUST SAYING.)

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Re: Letter from Fritz...to Peter? - or not?

[felis]

From a fannish perspective...well, the grief may not follow me for years, but you will have to forgive me at least a day or two of regret. ;)

OH, I know! The Peter/Fritz narrative swerved from pleasing secret reconciliation to angsty letter-finding, totally without permission. Not cool. The perils of historical fannishness.