I think you suspected the first to hint (by joking how far Fritz got before the news of the Prussian victory reached him) that Fritz left the battlefield because he was afraid was Voltaire
I don't remember this at all! Clearly I need to research this story more.
So could it be that his version - that Schwerin practically forced him to leave - is perhaps a bit embellished?
Do you know where this variant comes from? I don't think I've ever known. It certainly doesn't come from Fritz. It's in Varnhagen von Ense's 1841 bio of Schwerin, but where does Varnhagen get it from?
I mean, I still believe it was Schwerin's idea, but maybe a part of him was scared
He'd kind of have to be: he's only human. I would still like to know where this story goes back to...
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Re: A Knyphausen satire - Part 2
Date: 2025-01-16 10:16 am (UTC)I don't remember this at all! Clearly I need to research this story more.
So could it be that his version - that Schwerin practically forced him to leave - is perhaps a bit embellished?
Do you know where this variant comes from? I don't think I've ever known. It certainly doesn't come from Fritz. It's in Varnhagen von Ense's 1841 bio of Schwerin, but where does Varnhagen get it from?
I mean, I still believe it was Schwerin's idea, but maybe a part of him was scared
He'd kind of have to be: he's only human. I would still like to know where this story goes back to...