A Queen of Tears, Vol. 2 of 2

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Excerpt from A Queen of Tears, Vol. 2 of 2: Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway and Princess of Great Britain and IrelandOsten also had differences with Struensee, which at one time he carried to the point of sending in his resignation.' But he was told that his services in the post he now filled could not be dispensed with, that he was not only useful but necessary, and that he might be assured his remonstrances would always have their weight So Osten, though he hated and despised Struensee quite as much as Rantzau did, consented to remain, and, wily diplo matist that he was, performed the difficult task of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds. For he saw more clearly than any one that the present administration could not last long, and he therefore determined, while taking all he could get from Struensee, to put himself in the right with the other side, so that when Struensee's ship went down in the tempest, he would ride on the crest of the wave. To this end he paid assiduous court to the English and Russian envoys, though careful to keep on good terms with those of France and Sweden. He also managed to convey to the queen-dowager and her party the idea that he wished them well, and that he only remained in his present post under protest, for the good of the country.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.