Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0007827, Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:46:38 -0700

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Mary Valevsky in "The Vane Sisters"
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Marie Bouchet asked about the above name. A quick check turns up the possibly (ir-)relevant info that Mariia Valevskaia was a Polish mistress of Napoleon. See

http://www.peoples.ru/love/walewska-napoleon/
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