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It’s so great that you’re including paintings! The one of (the inspiration for) Abbé Moro really helped me get a sense of his character.

The Russian royal family was full of very pretty people, n’est-ce pas?

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Mais oui!

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Jan 3Liked by Simon Haisell

I’m so glad I read this. I thought she was the WIFE of the tsar

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I think I did the first time! There are in fact two empresses. His wife and his mother.

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Likewise. This character list is so helpful.

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