A Life of Prince Talleyrand
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/11/2006
He took on Napoleon with a set of weapons that seemed unsuited to the task: flattery, courtesy and an alarmingly straight face. And he won. Quite as much as the Duke of Wellington it was the club-footed genius of French diplomacy who defeated the greatest conqueror since Julius Caesar. This is the story of Prince Talleyrand, who attracts as much scorn as Napoleon wins glory. To his critics the arch-aristocrat who delivered France and all Europe from the Emperor's follies is the prince of vice - turncoat, hypocrite, liar, plotter, God-baiter and womaniser, and, to make matters worse, highly successful at them all. In this life of the master diplomat, David Lawday follows Talleyrand's remarkable career through the most turbulent age Europe has known - the mad leap from France's rotting ancient regime into the Revolution of 1789, Robespierre's Terror, Napoleon's epic wars and dramatic fall, and on through restored kings to more revolution.
- ISBN:
- 9780224073660
- 9780224073660
- Category:
- Biography: historical
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 01-11-2006
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Random House
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Dimensions (mm):
- 241.3x161.8x33.27mm
- Weight:
- 0.76kg
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