jimdoesnotknow: (above, Peter III and Catherine by Grooth) The contrast between the empress and empe
jimdoesnotknow:(above, Peter III and Catherine by Grooth)The contrast between the empress and emperor was acute: Peter was soon to be thirty-four but he behaved like a teenager, and a wayward teenager with supreme power has always been a frightening thing. He saw Catherine most mornings and, when the new Winter Palace was ready, they inspected the new apartments together. They were civil to each other, but no more. Peter detested Catherine so much he refused to utter her name: Catherine was just “She.”Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Romanovs -- source link
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