Other things titillate me more keenly than the pale pleasures of marriage. — Queen Christina (image via Wikimedia Commons) They called her the "Minerva of the North." In 1650, she started Sweden's first newspaper. Artists praised her generous patronage, and despite never having married (or maybe because of it), her reign brought Sweden a wealth of new allies, as well as a place on the world's stage.
A Woman to Know: Queen Christina of Sweden
A Woman to Know: Queen Christina of Sweden
A Woman to Know: Queen Christina of Sweden
Other things titillate me more keenly than the pale pleasures of marriage. — Queen Christina (image via Wikimedia Commons) They called her the "Minerva of the North." In 1650, she started Sweden's first newspaper. Artists praised her generous patronage, and despite never having married (or maybe because of it), her reign brought Sweden a wealth of new allies, as well as a place on the world's stage.