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: Königsmark, by A E W Mason

[luzula]

Aurora is present but in a very minor role--she's never onstage, but is an intermediary for SD and Philip's love letters, and I get the sense that she and Philip are fond of each other. Sadly, we don't get to see her raising hell after he's murdered...

until she retired, much to Caroline‘s disgruntlement because of Caroline‘s treasured reading time
Hee!

In the novel, future G2 has a portrait of his mother on his wall, which needs to be taken down whenever G1 visits.