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The affairs of the royal house form a subject of conversation for those who, as a rule, would have no conversation.

Marthe Bibesco

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Marthe Bibesco
Age: 87 †
Born: 1886
Born: January 28
Died: 1973
Died: November 28
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Essayist
Novelist
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Little Paris
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Gossip
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Rule
Conversation
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Royalty
House
Royal

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