“Here’s her story, a tale of the bear-keeper’s daughter and the Empire: what happened to her and what happened because of her.” DesireHistoryRuinsSecretsManuscriptCourtesanDancesByzantine EmpireImperial PalacesSwan Dancer Book:The Eagle and the Swan Source: The Eagle and the Swan
“By 1937 Soviet standards, mementos of Russian history before the 1917 revolution were irrelevant. Even the suggestion that china, jewelry, or furniture created for the imperial palaces of the tsars was worth more than its weight in gold might be construed as anti-Soviet propaganda.” Soviet UnionRussian HistoryMarjorie Merriweather PostArt CollectionImperial PalacesRussian ArtSoviet RussianAnti Soviet PropagandaRussian ChinaTsars Book:American Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post Source: American Empress: The Life and Times of Marjorie Merriweather Post