It was remembered that even to the days of Peter the Great Oriental seclusion was the fate of empresses and princesses, upon whom the highest state officials might not dare to look,-whose faces in short were always hidden.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
"The death of Maximin seemed to assure the empresses of a favorable alteration in their fortune.
"Women of Early Christianity Woman: In all ages and in all countries, Vol. 3 (of 10)"
Alfred Brittain Mitchell Carroll
To understand these we must first of all take into consideration the difference of temperament of the two empresses.
"Women of Early Christianity Woman: In all ages and in all countries, Vol. 3 (of 10)"
Alfred Brittain Mitchell Carroll