Unique in his own age and a phenomenon in any, Charles-Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand, was a statesman of outstanding ability and extraordinary contradictions. He was a world-class rogue who held high office in five successive regimes. A well-known opportunist and a notorious bribe taker, Talleyrand’s gifts to France arguably outvalued the vast personal fortune he amassed in her service. Once a supporter of the Revolution, after the fall of the monarchy, he fled to England and then to the United States. Talleyrand returned to France two years later and served under Napoleon, and represented France at the Congress of Vienna. Duff Cooper’s classic biography contains all the vigor, elegance, and intellect of its remarkable subject.
Author: Duff Cooper
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 01/18/2001
Series: Grove Great Lives
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.01h x 5.96w x 1.07d
ISBN: 9780802137678
Language: English
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