mildred_of_midgard (
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2024-01-22 05:20 pm (UTC)
Re: The Pugachev Rebellion
I still find this hilarious!
Voltaire found it hilarious too!
When she passed along the information that the impertinent fellow was actually claiming to be Peter III, Voltaire picked up her airy, dismissive tone, mentioning to d’Alembert “this new husband who has turned up in the province of Orenburg.”
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Re: The Pugachev Rebellion
Voltaire found it hilarious too!
When she passed along the information that the impertinent fellow was actually claiming to be Peter III, Voltaire picked up her airy, dismissive tone, mentioning to d’Alembert “this new husband who has turned up in the province of Orenburg.”