Talk:Ranavalona I

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Fictional description?

I'm unsure that a fictional description belongs in the main body of the article. Rhinoracer 10:56, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Placed in /Fiction section. Ekem 02:31, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In this article, it states that Ida Pfeiffer died, "presumably of malaria"

However, the article on Pfeiffer herself says that she died, "probably of cancer"

Quite possibly she was as bad as some accounts have made her out to be, but I feel a little cautious about depending heavily on an account with a title like "female Caligula" and the "mad Queen of Madagascar". PatGallacher (talk) 19:40, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You can always read the sources; the novel 'Flashman's Lady', mentioned at the end of the article has a long list of contemporary accounts of her reign. Incidentaly, the author does not think she was mad.

About the picture of the queen in the article, Fraser's description makes her sounds darker. Since he did such a lot of reading in primary sources, is it possible the picture is not an accurate likeness, but done second-hand from descriptions, and lightened up a bit by the artist? She is unlikely to have sat for it, personaly, what with all the xenophobic masacres and so on. 76.2.154.213 (talk) 05:38, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]