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: Philippe le Grenouille

[mildred_of_midgard]

It's also sometimes because he's dead, and dead people can't talk. (They can sometimes mutter a bit when alone with their wives, but definitely no talking to ministers.)

...This guy needed lots of help, and lots less power.

Btw, I notice a typo in what you replied to: in "unlike in the reign of Philip's equally mentally ill so later in the century," that should read "mentally ill son."