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Duff Cooper''s classic biography charts the remarkable progress of Talleyrand; a silver-tongued master diplomat, infamous turncoat, peacekeeper and libertine. Talleyrand held high office in five successive regimes from France''s Ancient Regime, into the Revolution of 1789, Robespierre''s Terror, Napoleon''s epic wars, and on through restored kings to more revolution. Duff Cooper brings Talleyrand vividly to life and paints an exhilarating picture of this tumultuous period in European history

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Exquisite prose, political experience and decadent worldliness... Duff Cooper's perennial work has stood the test of time * Evening Standard *
One of the ornaments of English letters * Sunday Telegraph *
Masterly * Glasgow Herald *
Duff Cooper's best book * Guardian *
Elegant concision * Economist *

Talleyrand

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Classics
      Published 2 December 2010
      ISBN-13 9780099541622
      978-0099541622
      ISBN-10 0099541629
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      Non Fiction History European history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Duff Cooper''s classic biography charts the remarkable progress of Talleyrand; a silver-tongued master diplomat, infamous turncoat, peacekeeper and libertine. Talleyrand held high office in five successive regimes from France''s Ancient Regime, into the Revolution of 1789, Robespierre''s Terror, Napoleon''s epic wars, and on through restored kings to more revolution. Duff Cooper brings Talleyrand vividly to life and paints an exhilarating picture of this tumultuous period in European history

      Trade Review
      Exquisite prose, political experience and decadent worldliness... Duff Cooper's perennial work has stood the test of time * Evening Standard *
      One of the ornaments of English letters * Sunday Telegraph *
      Masterly * Glasgow Herald *
      Duff Cooper's best book * Guardian *
      Elegant concision * Economist *

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