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: Anton Ulrich and Ivan VI

[cahn]

*but*, one envoy report is cited saying that Julia and Anna sleep in the same bed and "may they rise from it without scandal."

Oooooh. I like it!

Eventually, Ivan figures out that the guards aren't members of the church at all and that it's all a trick, and then he becomes totally monosyllabic and stops engaging with the guards.

This is terrible :(

Reminder to [personal profile] cahn if you've forgotten how he died: both Elizaveta and then Catherine had a standing order that if there was a rescue attempt, Ivan was to be killed rather than allowed to fall into enemy hands. There was an attempt, and Ivan was killed by his guard.

Yes, I did forget, and I'm not sure how I did, because that is ALSO terrible :(