Author: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (prince de Bénévent)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Memoirs
Author: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (prince de Bénévent)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Napoleon's Master
Author: David Lawday
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312372972
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Born into the high aristocracy, where rank meant more than wealth, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord was to become one of the great politicians of all time. His early career in politics was marked with turmoil: a liberal who saw the need to curb the powers of the monarchy, Talleyrand fled from France when the violence of the revolution turned extreme in 1792, first to England and then to the United States. It was not until his return to France after the dust had settled in 1796 that his star would begin to rise in earnest. First, he was appointed Foreign Minister. In this position, he aligned himself with the charismatic general who would become Emperor of France: Napoleon Bonaparte. In the course of the next three decades, Talleyrand would prove himself perhaps the most adept politician of all time: his political pliability allowed him to survive the fall of Bonaparte and the consequent second Bourbon restoration. He was in the shadow of power in Europe through more upheaval than perhaps any other person of his generation. Napoleon’s Master is a riveting portrait of an eternally fascinating man.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312372972
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Born into the high aristocracy, where rank meant more than wealth, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord was to become one of the great politicians of all time. His early career in politics was marked with turmoil: a liberal who saw the need to curb the powers of the monarchy, Talleyrand fled from France when the violence of the revolution turned extreme in 1792, first to England and then to the United States. It was not until his return to France after the dust had settled in 1796 that his star would begin to rise in earnest. First, he was appointed Foreign Minister. In this position, he aligned himself with the charismatic general who would become Emperor of France: Napoleon Bonaparte. In the course of the next three decades, Talleyrand would prove himself perhaps the most adept politician of all time: his political pliability allowed him to survive the fall of Bonaparte and the consequent second Bourbon restoration. He was in the shadow of power in Europe through more upheaval than perhaps any other person of his generation. Napoleon’s Master is a riveting portrait of an eternally fascinating man.
Talleyrand
Author: Duff Cooper
Publisher: Phoenix
ISBN: 9781842126028
Category : Statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
He began his career as a court cleric and rose to become bishop of Autun, a position he retained until his involvement in the radical reorganization of the church during the French Revolution brought about his excommunication and marked the beginning of his career as a statesman and diplomat. Talleyrand achieved great power and influence under Napoleon I as foreign minister and chamberlain of the empire. But it was as France's representative at the Congress of Vienna that Talleyrand demonstrated his diplomatic skill to the fullest by dividing the four allies and winning for France an effective voice in the Settlement of Vienna.
Publisher: Phoenix
ISBN: 9781842126028
Category : Statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
He began his career as a court cleric and rose to become bishop of Autun, a position he retained until his involvement in the radical reorganization of the church during the French Revolution brought about his excommunication and marked the beginning of his career as a statesman and diplomat. Talleyrand achieved great power and influence under Napoleon I as foreign minister and chamberlain of the empire. But it was as France's representative at the Congress of Vienna that Talleyrand demonstrated his diplomatic skill to the fullest by dividing the four allies and winning for France an effective voice in the Settlement of Vienna.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte
Author: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Talleyrand
Author: Jack F. Bernard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Memoirs of the Empress Josephine
Author: Madame de Rémusat (Claire Elisabeth Jeanne Gravier de Vergennes)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
The Duchess of Dino
Author: Philip Ziegler
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9781842125861
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A unique life of Talleyrand's niece - the Duchess of Dino - written by one of Britain's pre-eminent biographers.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9781842125861
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A unique life of Talleyrand's niece - the Duchess of Dino - written by one of Britain's pre-eminent biographers.
Memoirs of a Revolutionist
Author: Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin (kni͡azʹ)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
The Memoirs of François René
Author: François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, French
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, French
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Metternich
Author: Clemens Wenzel Lothar Metternich (Fürst von)
Publisher: Time Out
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"Prince Metternich was a celebrated diplomat and statesman. Throughout his glittering and successful career he sought to counter the forces unleashed by the French Revolution. He was an enemy of change, despised by republicans and feared by radicals. Metternich used his skill for diplomacy to create alliances in order to reverse republicanism and restore the legitimate monarchies of Europe to their thrones."--Back Cover.
Publisher: Time Out
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"Prince Metternich was a celebrated diplomat and statesman. Throughout his glittering and successful career he sought to counter the forces unleashed by the French Revolution. He was an enemy of change, despised by republicans and feared by radicals. Metternich used his skill for diplomacy to create alliances in order to reverse republicanism and restore the legitimate monarchies of Europe to their thrones."--Back Cover.