Speaking of Alexander Menshikov, Russian prince and generalissimos, βOn 7 September [1726], Menshikov arose from his deathbed. But he was too late: as he lay sick, power, that mysterious, invisible alchemy of personality, fear and authority, had leached away. The following day, Peter [the Great] signed the order to arrest him.”
The Romanovs, Simon Shebag Montefiore
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