"The loneliness of despotism, or the fear of violent death."

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Murdered peoplePeople from St. PetersburgEastern Orthodox ChristiansMonarchs from RussiaGrand Dukes of Finland
Original Language: English

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The interpretation of Benjamin Disraeli of Alexander II's sad face in a letter written in 1880 to Lady Chesterfield, as quoted in Stanley Weintraub, Victoria. Biography of a queen (1987), p. 413.