Rose’s Reviews > Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time: How Mamie Fish, Queen of the Gilded Age, Partied Her Way to Power > Status Update

“Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, a woman described as ‘unusually pretty for a princess’ considering that ‘the average woman of royal blood is ugly enough to cause the collapse of a scarecrow in a Kansas cornfield.’”

Harsh but not untrue 😂