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The princess and the politicians

sex, intrigue and diplomacy, 1812-40

by John Charmley

2006 eng

Princess Dorothea Lieven was wife to the Russian ambassador in London from 1812 to 1840. As a woman, she was debarred from having any formal power in the world of European diplomacy. But as a Baltic Russian, brought up under the harsh regime of Catherine the Great, Dorothea Lieven was not meant to b…

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