Regency Women of Character: Dorothea Lieven
“It is a pity Countess Lieven wears skirts”, the Tsar Alexander wrote to his foreign minister Count Nesselrode. “She would have made an excellent diplomat.” Continue
“It is a pity Countess Lieven wears skirts”, the Tsar Alexander wrote to his foreign minister Count Nesselrode. “She would have made an excellent diplomat.” Continue
In an age when acting was only just becoming an acceptable profession for women, and against the wishes of her parents, Sarah Siddons rose to Continue