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The next generation Shuvalovs have made a comeback to the court with a great afternoon of poetry (and much, much gossip) hosted by Grafinya...
Read MorePosted in: Plotline Entry | 1 commentsThe Banco Rezzonico has various interests in the great city of Constantinople. Old enemies as the Ottoman Turks may be, we Venetians will nevertheless trade with them. Alongside it, more hushed, are also some diplomatic relations we maintain with various European...
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Abiding Easter traditions, the Easter Feast had to take place, regardless of late Tzarevna's recent...
Read MorePosted in: Plotline Entry | 2 commentsThe Midnight Service first celebrates the resurrection of Christ. Yet no one can truly be joyous with the...
Read MorePosted in: Plotline Entry | 2 comments5 agonizing days later, the screams stop… But no outcry of a newborn is heard. The Grand Duchess develops high fever and in delusions she has a moment of euphoria before taking final breath....
Read MorePosted in: Plotline Entry | 3 commentsThe midwife has several times alarmed the Empress that something was wrong, however, only today were the doctors rushed in...
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According to the Chateau de Versailles :
The Queen's great apartment has just reopened after several years of work. Marble, ors and crystals shine from all their fires,...
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PARIS — A large fire broke out at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris on Monday evening, causing part of the historic church’s spire to collapse as the blaze spread along its roof.
André Finot, a spokesman for the cathedral, said in a telephone interview that the cause of the...
Read MorePosted in: Blogs | 7 commentsGraf Razumovsky invited several guests to his city residence, including Graf Sheremetev, Protoierei Korshunov, Baryshnya Vorontsova and her chaperon and cousin Knyaginya Dashkova. Family matters, theology, arts and chess, of course, were discussed extensively.
The host seemed...
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