Chapter 8 – The young ladies in Marianne’s circle
It was not easy to find the names of the ladies belonging to Marianne’s entourage in spring 1757. Typically, maids of honour are considered bystanders, hardly worth mentioning and only occasionally involved in the indices of history books. However, carefully considering their years of birth and the years they seemed to be present at court, […]
Chapter 8 – Tea at court
From the very beginning, my scheme required Marianne to reach the point where she is keen to consider the effect of herbal remedies as part of her investigation (and, furthermore, to support her own problematic recovery). Tea as a medicine seemed to provide the best opportunity for her to encounter Doctor von Störck, the renowned […]