t's worth requoting Lehndorff's description of Ulrike during her lengthy visit to Brandenburg:
Yes, thank you for this!
But alas, these brilliant qualities only bring her misfortune. For she has not learned to make her life agreeable to herself, as she could in her high position. On the contrary, this position contributes to making her unhappy. She knows no higher happiness than despotic rule while living in a country where the very phrase is a crime.
This is the kind of thing that reminds me why we love Lehndorff. This is such a pungent description.
Re: 1764-1772 Foreign policy: Sweden: The Hats and Caps, an eternal merry-go-round
Yes, thank you for this!
But alas, these brilliant qualities only bring her misfortune. For she has not learned to make her life agreeable to herself, as she could in her high position. On the contrary, this position contributes to making her unhappy. She knows no higher happiness than despotic rule while living in a country where the very phrase is a crime.
This is the kind of thing that reminds me why we love Lehndorff. This is such a pungent description.