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: FS in three biographies: An Overview (1)

[mildred_of_midgard]

Me: ...what??
Is this Goldstone's source??

As Selena notes, the depiction of FS as indolent is the standard, and probably reflects how a lot of his contemporaries saw him. Believe me, who was energetic and engaged as he was in her husband's business would raise a lot of eyebrows, and not because people would think she was lazy. Misogynistic double standards FTL!