Ping!
Catherine hired John Paul Jones at some point, too.
She also had to put up with an unpopular Swedish king that was constantly wagging the dog in Russia’s direction to try to get his subjects to rally to him. I think that king was later assassinated.
Anyway, European monarchies were all on edge after the success of the American Revolution.
I guess it would be too much to ask that it be historically accurate.
I watched Tora, Tora, Tora, last night. A good but not great movie. It did strike me as being right on the money unlike the recent “Pearl Harbor” movie.
the woman whose inoculations started a tend in how to treat disease. Inspiring Washington to inoculate the troops one of his greta decisions since the british used small pox against their enemies.
One of the first great celebrities of Europe.
Sorry, it won’t be the same without Greta Garbo.
From the promo vid, it looks like they are trying to make her out to be a lesbo, or at least a bi. HBO MUST cater to the LGBTX audience to be watched these days.
Helen was wonderful in Prime Suspect.
Great actress, Extremely capable.