Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 47

[cahn]

We haven't had a new post since before December 25, so obligatory Yuletide link to this hilarious story of Frederick the Great babysitting his bratty little brother, with bonus Fritz/Fredersdorf!

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Re: 1764-1772 Foreign policy: Satire and kidnapping

[cahn]

a work that occasionally rises to the level of barrack-room wit but mostly flounders in leaden caricature

LOL! Aw Fritz.

And the whole is presided over by 'the pathetic Stanisław', an epithet that recurs at the end of every stanza.

I'm sorry, I find this hilarious (and not in the way that Fritz wanted, heh) (although I suppose Poniatowski himself did not find it funny at all)

Voltaire, to do him justice, was more sparing in his praise, and sat down to write something on the subject himself.

I also find this hilarious in a different way!

Poniatowski behaved with dignity and courage, which gains him some credit

As a total Poniatowski stan, I am a) unsurprised and b) happy about my boy! <3