| Edition |
1st U.S. ed. |
| Description |
386 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Note |
First published: London : J. Cape, c2006. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-370) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Paris 1809 -- Born to count -- In the black -- A good revolution -- Saved by a passport -- America -- Encounter with a warrior -- Minister of civilisation -- Napoleon breaks his leash -- England's baggage -- Austerlitz - and Trafalgar -- The quartermaster's two-step -- Disgrace -- Tea with the tsar -- A stockingful of mistrust -- 1812 -- A conqueror's fall -- 'One more Frenchman' -- the congress of Vienna -- Waterloo -- National grouch -- Last performance. |
| Subject |
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838.
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Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838. |
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Statesmen -- France -- Biography.
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Statesmen. |
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France. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Diplomats -- France -- Biography.
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Diplomats. |
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France -- History -- 1789-1815.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1789-1815 |
| Subject |
France -- History -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780312372972 |
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0312372973 |
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