Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 45

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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: August III: This is how you lose the PR war

[cahn]

Btw, you know who also was a case in point? Charles I.

This is all rather fascinating to me!

...none of which helped but rather encouraged the build up to the Civil War.

Ooh, I can see that. All that etiquette stuff (especially coupled with a not-particularly-charismatic monarch) could come across as so Continental! :)

One of the great elements of Alec Guiness' performance as Charles I

That sounds really cool. I can see that being one of those things that really makes a great performance.