Episode 8: "THOSE GLOOMY LONG-HAIRED BALL-BUSTERS"
With his hands clasped behind his back, Karl August, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, in his elegant red double-breasted coat, contemplates the landscape from the wide window of his office. Then someone knocks on the door. -Come in. -Excellency, I've already reviewed the correspondence. -Something important? -The Archduchess Feodora regrets not being able to attend the dance this Saturday. The Count of Wettin reminds you of the invitation to a hunting party in the Black Forest next week. And then there are the reports of the war. Prussia has joined a Sixth Coalition against Napoleon... The Duke turns around with surprised expression. -”Sixth” have you said? They have skipped the Fifth! Can't they count beyond three, those louts?! -The Fifth Coalition is what your Excellency knew as the Fourth Coalition. Before, there was a Third one, but it was so brief that your Excellency missed it. You thought they were the final throes of the Second Coalition. Suddenly the Duke bang ...

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