13 “an ardent and impetuous man”: Waliszewski, 403
14 “The grand duke is greatly undervalued”: Gooch, 30
15 “When they admitted me”: Ibid., 32
16 “He combined plenty of intelligence”: Ibid., 33
17 “You tax me with my hypochondria”: Anthony, 287
18 “Permit me to write you often”: Ibid.
19 “One cannot see everything”: Troyat, 323
20 “I told you that your request”: Gooch, 27
21 “I shall be separated”: Gooch, 34
22 “There is no one”: Anthony, 288
23 “I see into what hands”: Gooch, 35
24 “I hope not in the time of M. Alexander”: Ibid., 36
66. POTEMKIN: BUILDER AND DIPLOMAT
1 “Is that a soldier’s business?”: Soloveytchik, 177
2 “such a mixture of wit”: Ibid., 221
3 “She had the strongest desire to help us”: Ibid., 201
4 “You have chosen an unlucky moment”: Ibid., 212
5 “The interest I take in everything”: Ibid., 216
6 “Flatter her as much as you can”: Ibid., 225
7 “You can demand of us”: Ibid.
8 The dialogue between Potemkin and Harris regarding an Anglo-Russian alliance is drawn from Soloveytchik, 227–45
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10 “The acquisition of the Crimea”: Soloveytchik, 180
67. CRIMEAN JOURNEY AND “POTEMKIN VILLAGES”
1 “Everything was done to deter me”: Haslip, 308
2 “Your children belong to you”: Troyat, 271
3 “Your latest proposal”: Rounding, 424
4 “heavy baggage”: Madariaga,
5 “It was a time”: Haslip, 307
6 “One day when I was sitting”: Rounding, 429
7 “Here, the greenery in the meadows”: Smith,
8 “Avoid the prince”: Haslip, 310
9 “the greatest genius of her age”: Ibid., 303
10 “the pleasantest company”: Ibid., 304
11 “It is odd”: Smith,
12 “Gentlemen, the king of Poland”: Montefiore, 365
13 “It was thirty years”: Ibid., 366
14 “They spoke little”: Haslip, 314
15 “our guest’s desire that I remain here”: Smith,
16 “The king bores me”: Haslip, 315
17 “The new favorite is good-looking”: Ibid., 317
18 “I performed a great deed”: Cronin, 130
19 “What a peculiar land”: Montefiore, 371
20 “the most beautiful port I have ever seen”: Ibid., 374
21 “I love you and your service”: Smith,
22 “How I appreciate the feelings”: Ibid., 182
23 “Between you and me, my friend”: Ibid.
68. THE SECOND TURKISH WAR AND THE DEATH OF POTEMKIN
1 “You are impatient”: Madariaga,
