Pharaoh Mernephta

Vera Ivanovna Kryzhanovskaya (married name Semenova; pseudonym Rochester; 1857-1924) was a Russian writer, author of sentimental women's novels, historical and occult works that were quite popular in the early 20th century. She was born in Warsaw, educated in St. Petersburg; in the 1880s-1890s she lived in Western Europe. She began writing at the age of 18; fluent in many foreign languages, she wr...