The First Lady Mistaken for Napoleon’s Sister
Deception is your friend when the world’s most notorious prisoner interrupts your travel plans
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8 min readDec 1, 2020
Future First Lady Louisa Adams spent six years in St. Petersburg while her husband, John Quincy, was the U.S. minister (read about their Russian adventures in my previous story). John left Russia in 1814 to help negotiate a truce…