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# When General Bonaparte told the French writer, publicist and literary salon hostess Madame de Staël that he did not like women meddling in politics, she replied: "Yes, but in a country where women have their heads cut off…
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- Published: 2021-03-09T09:12:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:41:27.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Books, People

*Portrait of Louise Germaine de Staël (1766-1817), painted in 1812 by Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky, when Madame de Staël was visiting Russia and warmly supporting the struggle against Napoleon*