More randomness: There are 1 million editions of Wilhelmine's memoirs and they are all slightly different. Good news: I did find the version that she wrote in 1739-1740 (in German translation), which we had been wishing we had a few years ago (though now I completely forget why :P).
I'm glad I found this version, because it includes one throwaway line that wasn't in any other version I've read, and which is relevant to Peter Keith: when he was page, he was "very much in favor" with FW! Now, I'm not surprised that if you want to spy on the king for your boyfriend, this is best served by sucking up to the king and not alienating him. But wow, I feel like discovering that he was plotting with Fritz was like FW discovering Løvenørn had betrayed him: "I thought you were my friend!"
Also, huh. Peter must have had better acting abilities than Fritz, and must have been all "Mr. Gung Ho Army Guy" in front of FW very convincingly. I wonder if he had to consume a lot of alcohol (and pretend to smoke like, was it Seckendorff and the Alte Dessauer?), or if that was Not For Pages.
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Re: Random escape-related stuff
Date: 2024-08-29 04:48 am (UTC)I'm glad I found this version, because it includes one throwaway line that wasn't in any other version I've read, and which is relevant to Peter Keith: when he was page, he was "very much in favor" with FW! Now, I'm not surprised that if you want to spy on the king for your boyfriend, this is best served by sucking up to the king and not alienating him. But wow, I feel like discovering that he was plotting with Fritz was like FW discovering Løvenørn had betrayed him: "I thought you were my friend!"
Also, huh. Peter must have had better acting abilities than Fritz, and must have been all "Mr. Gung Ho Army Guy" in front of FW very convincingly. I wonder if he had to consume a lot of alcohol (and pretend to smoke like, was it Seckendorff and the Alte Dessauer?), or if that was Not For Pages.