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

[cahn]

When I first mentioned this (not quoted in full), [personal profile] cahn replied: "AHAHAHA I love the 'J.S. Bach: yea or nay?' approach to history!"

Lol, my reaction this time too; at least I'm consistent!

Many years ago I bought a hilarious book called Bluff Your Way in Music when I was in the UK; it's part of a series. (I also bought Bluff Your Way in the Classics, but I never did read that all the way through and probably won't unless/until we do Classics salon; as you can imagine, these books are much funnier when you actually know the subject they're talking about!) Under Bach: "Fortunately there is only one remark that is necessary in normal conversation and that is 'Ah... Bach!'"

(It's weird because I don't actually have ADHD, but staying focused on a single book is usually like pulling teeth for me.)

Heh. I don't have ADHD but I do usually have at least 3-4 books (usually fiction) lying around in different states of completion. I do generally have a pretty short attention span, though!