(Also unless I'm misremembering Aurora was the mother of Maurice de Saxe.)
You are not misremembering!
(Wiki says that he "assisted her in one or two futile attempts to escape from her husband in Hanover," which just makes me feel sad for SD! But [personal profile] mildred_of_midgard, didn't you say that you had a book that took a different tack on that whole thing?)
Yes, and sharing the details is on my to-do list! It's just that I'm trying to keep 20 years' worth of a complicated war in my head while I read about it from different perspectives, so my attention is elsewhere. But fortunately the write-up for this one shouldn't be difficult once I get around to it, since it's confined to the first part of a single book!
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Re: Königsmarck and Hannovers
Date: 2021-10-18 11:52 am (UTC)You are not misremembering!
(Wiki says that he "assisted her in one or two futile attempts to escape from her husband in Hanover," which just makes me feel sad for SD! But [personal profile] mildred_of_midgard, didn't you say that you had a book that took a different tack on that whole thing?)
Yes, and sharing the details is on my to-do list! It's just that I'm trying to keep 20 years' worth of a complicated war in my head while I read about it from different perspectives, so my attention is elsewhere. But fortunately the write-up for this one shouldn't be difficult once I get around to it, since it's confined to the first part of a single book!