1 The quotations appearing in this chapter are taken from Poniatowski’s
41. PANIN, ORLOV, AND ELIZABETH’S DEATH
1 “Let the boy remain”: Kaus, 176
2 “I had rather be the mother”: Ibid., 177
3 “the terror which the enemy”: Duffy,
4 “If I were emperor”: Alexander, 55
5 “I must make room here”: Kaus, 183
6 “the head of an angel”: Ibid.
7 “a man of pleasure”: Dashkova, 1:3
8 “We spoke French fluently”: Ibid., 4
9 “I may venture to assert”: Ibid., 13
10 “She captured my heart”: Ibid., 29
11 “My child, you would do well”: Ibid., 27
12 “You are a mere child”: Ibid., 29
13 “gained me a high degree of notoriety”: Ibid., 30
14 “I saw how little”: Ibid., 31
15 “He must be mad”: Oldenbourg, 230
16 “Of an army of forty-eight thousand”: Asprey, 520
17 “What is wrong with me”: Duffy,
18 “I intend to continue the war”: Oldenbourg, 222
19 The account of Dashkova’s nocturnal visit and conversation with Catherine is from Dashkova, 1:32–35
20 “Her Imperial Majesty, Elizabeth Petrovna”: Haslip, 108
42. THE BRIEF REIGN OF PETER 111
1 “I did not think”: Bain,
2 “If, my little friend, you will take my advice”: Dashkova, 1:38
3 “The moderation and clemency”; Bain,
4 “I can find nobody here”: Ibid.
5 “the chief instrument of the Prussian party”: Ibid., 56
6 “at a dinner”: Ibid.
7 “resolved to get free”: Ibid., 57
8 “We must make peace”: Ibid., 63
9 “honor of all the valiant officers”: Ibid., 74
10 “nothing was omitted”: Ibid.
11 “out of compassion”: Ibid., 77
12 “the maintenance of solemn engagements”: Ibid., 79
13 “Frankly, I distrust these Russians”: Ibid., 116
14 “If the Russians had wanted”: Ibid., 117
43.
1 “It does not appear”: Bain,
2 “The empress is abandoned”: Ibid., 130
3 “pot-house wench”: Ibid., 126
4 “broad, puffy, pock-marked face”: Ibid.
5
6 “It was then that I began to listen”: Bain,
7 “Your Majesty can have your revenge”: Ibid., 134
8 “You already know too much”: Kaus, 214
9 “Matushka, Little Mother, wake up!”: Anthony, 165
10 “Matushka, forgive us”: Madariaga,
11 “Heaven be praised!”: Dashkova, 1:81
