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cahnUnfortunately, 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) )
(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) )
Re: Trashy Faves and Poisons
Date: 2023-09-21 05:05 am (UTC)"teaching him Latin"
This is amazing. I'm totally figuring out how I can use this as an euphemism more often.
In fact, I walk around showing everyone who doesn't run away in time how I can get an erection!
WOW
I can't imagine why Frances wasn't turned on by this, Earl of Essex!
like Heinrich, I had bad taste in men but my own political ideas.
...huh.
I wonder what Heinrich's love life would have been like if he'd been king.
Also, in case you're wondering, he got poisoned through an enema. 'Yes, poison was literally pumped into his behind.
WHAT
But Buckingham, whatever else he was, wasn't dense, and had a good memory. He'd BEEN the hot red Porsche new young boytoy. So what he did wasn't going after the potential boytoy, oh no, he went straight for the potential new boytoy's sponsors, and had them in financial distress and banished from court in no time flat. After which, of course, the potential new boytoy was no longer interested in working for them, and anyway James was happy with his Steenie.
NICE. I get a kick out of intelligent counter-plotting!
Re: Trashy Faves and Poisons
Date: 2023-09-21 05:30 am (UTC)"teaching him Latin"
This is amazing. I'm totally figuring out how I can use this as an euphemism more often.
Well, supposedly one of Charlemagne's daughters (unmarried, remember?) had a thing with her Latin teacher, soooooo there's a long tradition!
...huh.
I wonder what Heinrich's love life would have been like if he'd been king.
He'd have had less time for it, though I imagine he'd been a bit better at delegating all the work than Fritz. Otherwise, I don't think there'd have been much change, as he clearly had a type. Though presumably if he'd been King, there'd have been even more charismatic handsome trashy potential boyfriend candidates trying to win his favour. Note, though, that the guys he picked might have included spendrifts like Kaphengst, but not chamber hussars selling secrets to the enemy. *veg*
In the article I linked Mildred with, it says the enema thing comes from a letter from a Tower of London official, so presumably this really did happen, unlike Edward II's red hot poker.
Re: Trashy Faves and Poisons
Date: 2023-09-21 05:35 am (UTC)And here I was just actually tutoring Latin in college!
...Probably for the best. :P
Re: Trashy Faves and Poisons
Date: 2023-09-21 03:12 pm (UTC)BTW, as of today I'm on my annual hiking holidays in Southern Tyrolia with my APs and thus only ever briefly online, comments might come slow.
Re: Trashy Faves and Poisons
Date: 2023-09-30 10:52 pm (UTC)...slow replies are basically my entire life right now, argh, as you can see. (Though I love reading salon comments, which I do even when I can't reply immediately!)
Re: Trashy Faves and Poisons
Date: 2023-09-30 10:49 pm (UTC)Heh, so Heinrich might not have been so great at balancing the budget (given that he had to ask Fritz for money, right?) but at least, yeah. :)