Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 45

[cahn]

Unfortunately, there was then at Berlin a King who pursued one policy only, who deceived his enemies, but not his servants, and who lied without scruple, but never without necessity.

(from The King's Secret - by Duke de Broglie, grand-nephew of the subject of the book, Comte de Broglie, and grandfather of the physicist) )

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Re: How Brühl got his job

[mildred_of_midgard]

Speaking of books, I just heard back today from the publisher on the elusive revisionist August III bio, and they haven't digitized it yet and can't offer me a copy, so since none of the libraries near me have it and I can't find a copy for sale, we will be waiting until Royal Patron goes back to UCLA in a few weeks and can scan a copy.

Of course, no sooner do I say that, than a copy is put up for sale online this morning! (I've been checking religiously* every day since June--it took at least 6 months to get the Kiekemal book this way, and I think about as long to get Wandruzska's 2 volume bio of Leopold.) $120 (mostly shipping to the US), but given the difficulty of obtaining this book--sold!

A copy is on its way to me, and then I will read it at some point and tell salon about it at some point. Victory!

* I have to religiously do an anti-sciatica stretch every morning, and it's boring and only involves my lower body, so while I'm doing it, I'll check bookfinder.com on my phone for whatever it is I'm trying to get a copy of.