Wednesday, 7 October 2026

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…

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…

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

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