Talleyrand
Alfred Duff Cooper 1st Viscount Norwich
The biography explores the extraordinary life of Charles-Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand - a world-class rogue who held high office in five successive regimes. Talleyrand's gifts to France arguably outvalued the vast personal fortune he amassed in her service. This classic biography by Duff Cooper contains all the vigor, elegance, and intellect of its remarkable subject.
Publish Date
2001-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
2001-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1932
Goodreads Rating
4.24
ISBN
0802137679
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2022-12-29T18:06:40.000Z
On this bleak day in darkest english countryside, i want to celebrate 8 books that made me love history (& even aspire to write it). Antonia Fraser’s Cromwell. @simon_schama Citizens. Duff Cooper’s Talleyrand 1/2 – source