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Andrei Shuvalov - Chamberlain to Catherine II the Great

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Chamberlain to Catherine II of Russia. According to some sources, he is the most likely the real author of Catherine II's letters to Voltaire.1

Life with James Boswell

Boswell met Shuvalov in Brunswick in 1764. On August 13 of that year, he described him, in his journal, as "a little, lively man [with] a knowledge of the names of books, if not more, and much easiness of manner. He and I were very well."

Notes

Note 1: http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Catherine_II


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Andrei Shuvalov is mentioned in:

  • Boswell on the Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1763-1764

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