Ranavalona I also known as Ranavalo-Manjaka I and the “Mad Monarch of Madagascar” has found some eager apprentices in our time and age - they are called politicians or, hilariously, our " leaders " !
I wonder which of the "portraits" of her, if you will, is the most accurate. The Christian accounts are exaggerated, but... how much? Which is closest to reality? EDIT: Punctuation.
Mixed feelings about the recorded history. The Queen was so interested in infrastructural development, retaining cultural identity and economic growth, but was a completely mad and murderous despot. And she ruled for so long, died quietly in her bed. Someone crazy enough to halve the country's population lasting so long on the throne seems so odd.
