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Talleyrand
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Talleyrand in London The Master Diplomat's Last Mission
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 72.66 $The arrival of Charles-Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand-Perigord, as French ambassador in London in September 1830, was regarded as a great event by the British government. Two months earlier the July Revolution in Paris, overthrowing the reactionary rule of Charles X, had brought the liberal Louis-Philippe to the throne. Talleyrand, the best-known diplomat in Europe, had emerged from retirement at the age of 76 to lend his support to the new monarchy and to confirm its acceptance by the other European powers.Few people had aroused more controversy than Talleyrand. A former bishop whose love affairs were notorious, and a turncoat who had abandoned every master he had served, he was widely detested by the French public. But he was greeted as a celebrity in London, where the July Revolution - foreshadowing Britain's own Reform Bill - had been hugely popular. London society had not yet acquired the virtuous tone of the Victorian era.The easy-going morals of the Regency had carried on into the reign of William IV, and the fact that Talleyrand's niece by marriage, the Duchess of Dino, 37 years his junior, was not only his hostess but reputedly his mistress, merely added to theinterest he induced.Talleyrand had arrived in London at a perilous moment. Revolution had broken out in Belgium, where the Belgians demanded independence from Holland to which they had been forcibly joined in 1815. The autocratic powers of Russia, Austria and Prussia threatened war to restore the status quo. It was largely thanks to Talleyrand's diplomatic skills and his close collaboration with the British that the creation of Belgium as a constitutional monarchy was peacefully achieved.Talleyrand's four years in London were the last and, in his own opinion, the most important of his diplomatic career. Linda Kelly's sparkling narrative brings the period to life, providing a fascinating picture of one of Europe's greateststatesmen as he appeared to English eyes.
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Talleyrand
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Talleyrand; Betrayer and Saviour of France.
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Talleyrand
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Talleyrand -Language: french
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Talleyrand (Biographies)
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Talleyrand in London: The Master Diplomat's Last Mission
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 28.84 $The arrival of Charles-Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand-Perigord, as French ambassador in London in September 1830, was regarded as a great event by the British government. Two months earlier the July Revolution in Paris, overthrowing the reactionary rule of Charles X, had brought the liberal Louis-Philippe to the throne. Talleyrand, the best-known diplomat in Europe, had emerged from retirement at the age of 76 to lend his support to the new monarchy and to confirm its acceptance by the other European powers.Few people had aroused more controversy than Talleyrand. A former bishop whose love affairs were notorious, and a turncoat who had abandoned every master he had served, he was widely detested by the French public. But he was greeted as a celebrity in London, where the July Revolution - foreshadowing Britain's own Reform Bill - had been hugely popular. London society had not yet acquired the virtuous tone of the Victorian era.The easy-going morals of the Regency had carried on into the reign of William IV, and the fact that Talleyrand's niece by marriage, the Duchess of Dino, 37 years his junior, was not only his hostess but reputedly his mistress, merely added to theinterest he induced.Talleyrand had arrived in London at a perilous moment. Revolution had broken out in Belgium, where the Belgians demanded independence from Holland to which they had been forcibly joined in 1815. The autocratic powers of Russia, Austria and Prussia threatened war to restore the status quo. It was largely thanks to Talleyrand's diplomatic skills and his close collaboration with the British that the creation of Belgium as a constitutional monarchy was peacefully achieved.Talleyrand's four years in London were the last and, in his own opinion, the most important of his diplomatic career. Linda Kelly's sparkling narrative brings the period to life, providing a fascinating picture of one of Europe's greateststatesmen as he appeared to English eyes.
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Talleyrand / Le Prince Immobile (French Edition) Import Paperback
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Talleyrand: Betrayer and Saviour of France
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 351.74 $Talleyrand: Betrayer and Saviour of France [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2008] Robin Harris ... 0719565596
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Talleyrand: Betrayer and Saviour of France
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Talleyrand
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Talleyrand;: A biography,
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 26.00 $Very Good First Edition Published By Collins of Great Britain in 1973 By Bernard. Dj Has Tear On the Back Cover.
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Talleyrand : The Art of Survival
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Talleyrand
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 66.41 $Le nouveau Waresquiel sur Talleyrand. Après l’immense succès de son Talleyrand, Emmanuel de Waresquiel prolonge sa réflexion sur cette figure fascinante, ténébreuse, tortueuse, immorale et géniale, en une série d’études que l’on lira comme le complément indispensable à la biographie du grand homme d’Etat. Virevoltant d’un monde à l’autre, grand seigneur corrompu, cynique absolu, maître espion et maître chanteur, diplomate hors pair qui négocia le Concordat et orchestra le Congrès de Vienne, monarchiste sous la monarchie, révolutionnaire sous la Révolution, bonapartiste sous Bonaparte, le « diable boiteux » a traversé les régimes et sauté les obstacles avec une souplesse, une intelligence des hommes et une rouerie à nulle autre pareille. Emmanuel de Waresquiel nous rappelle qu’au-delà des trahisons et des reniements, l’évêque défroqué fut, d’abord et surtout, un fils des Lumières, un théoricien libéral habité par l’idée que la raison devait toujours l’emporter sur les sentiments, et le calcul des possibles sur l’utopie. Il nous montre le diplomate en action, l’homme de paix et l’Européen, le confident du tsar Alexandre, le négociateur de Presbourg, Erfurt, Paris et Vienne. Il nous montre le formidable metteur en scène de son propre personnage, l’étiquette et les convenances, l’intimité et le charme, le savoir-faire et le savoir-vivre. Il nous montre, derrière les miroirs, derrière ses images innombrables, un homme extraordinairement complexe, paradoxal, pudique et secret, dont la destinée a profondément marqué l’histoire de la France moderne
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Talleyrand;: A biography,
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 25.12 $Very Good First Edition Published By Collins of Great Britain in 1973 By Bernard. Dj Has Tear On the Back Cover.
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Talleyrand: The Art of Survival [first edition]
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 34.00 $Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, for half a century mastermind of the French state, a figure of infinite fascination, embodied - and to an extraordinary degree directed - the most tumultuous era in French history. Born into one of France's noblest families, rejected as a cripple by his parents and given willy-nilly to the Church, he turned his unwanted fate into dazzling personal triumph. The revolution that guillotined his fellow aristocrats saw him serve as a member of the Committee on the Constitution. He held ministerial office through the Directory and the Consulate and was instrumental in both Napoleon's rise and fall (he was prime architect of the Congress of Vienna). After Waterloo he served as president of the provisional government, then engineered the return of the monarchy and again held high office. His biography is the biography of his country during his time, and therefore of Europe. And what a biography Jean Orieux has written! Here is Talleyrand the man of awesome and supple mind. Here is the priest who was notorious as a womanizer, who amassed a huge personal fortune and a principality; the prince who was a shrewd historian; the connoisseur and patron of the arts; the premier statesman of France; the puppet master of Europe, manipulating Metternich and Wellington. Here, finally, is the man supremely in control, who directed his own deathbed scene as brilliantly as he had organized Napoleon's coronation. Protean man of wit, courage, passion, sense, he was the ultimate pragmatist, always working for France's advantage and his own, always unabashedly admitting it. When his barber asked him, "You have had all possible titles: Bishop, Minister, Prince; what do people call you when they talk about you?" Talleyrand answered: "Nothing good." A verdict shared by generations of moralistic biographers - and triumphantly reversed in Orieux's massive, elegant, witty, and marvelously readable volume.
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Talleyrand: The Art of Survival
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 129.88 $Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, for half a century mastermind of the French state, a figure of infinite fascination, embodied - and to an extraordinary degree directed - the most tumultuous era in French history. Born into one of France's noblest families, rejected as a cripple by his parents and given willy-nilly to the Church, he turned his unwanted fate into dazzling personal triumph. The revolution that guillotined his fellow aristocrats saw him serve as a member of the Committee on the Constitution. He held ministerial office through the Directory and the Consulate and was instrumental in both Napoleon's rise and fall (he was prime architect of the Congress of Vienna). After Waterloo he served as president of the provisional government, then engineered the return of the monarchy and again held high office. His biography is the biography of his country during his time, and therefore of Europe. And what a biography Jean Orieux has written! Here is Talleyrand the man of awesome and supple mind. Here is the priest who was notorious as a womanizer, who amassed a huge personal fortune and a principality; the prince who was a shrewd historian; the connoisseur and patron of the arts; the premier statesman of France; the puppet master of Europe, manipulating Metternich and Wellington. Here, finally, is the man supremely in control, who directed his own deathbed scene as brilliantly as he had organized Napoleon's coronation. Protean man of wit, courage, passion, sense, he was the ultimate pragmatist, always working for France's advantage and his own, always unabashedly admitting it. When his barber asked him, "You have had all possible titles: Bishop, Minister, Prince; what do people call you when they talk about you?" Talleyrand answered: "Nothing good." A verdict shared by generations of moralistic biographers - and triumphantly reversed in Orieux's massive, elegant, witty, and marvelously readable volume.
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Lives of Talleyrand
Vendor: Abebooks.com Price: 21.25 $The Lives of Talleyrand is a study of the character and actions of the man who so profoundly influenced the destiny of the French Revolution and helped to shape the contours of all Europe as well. The requisite historical background is of course given, but it is the many-faceted personality of Talleyrand which the author has made it his task to portray--and he has done so with discrimination and wit.
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Vitalsource Technologies, Inc. Talleyrand
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