Talleyrand The Art of Survival by 1974 Hardcover - 5 Angebote vergleichen

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, oldusedbooks.
New York: Alfred A,. Knopf, 1974. Stated First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Good. " Few personalities have aroused greater hatred and greater admiration than Talleyrand. The impassioned curiosity kindled by this passionless man cannot be extinguished , for he resolved to be enigmatic and he succeeded " - from the Preface. .... Quite a biography for those interested in power, influence, history, principle versus survival, and one's lasting legacy and reputation... About Charles Maurice de Talleyrand - Perigord, then Prince de Talleyrand ( 1754 - 1838 ) considered one of the most versatile, skilled and influential diplomats in European History by some, while others believed he was a greedy, serial betrayor of the Ancien Regime.... The French Revolution... Of the Catholic Church... Of Napoleon ... Of The Restoration. Nicknamed " Le Diable Boiteux - The Lamb Prince , due to a congenital hip deformity and consequent limp ) ....With dual-page, genealogical Talleyrand - Perigord Chart on the end pages. Interesting section of detaled, captioned , glossy illustrations, from cartoons, engravings, pictures, portraits on plates. Red colored cloth book with gilt letteing on the spie ( 6 5/8 X 5/8 X 2 ) 677 pages, plus index. Portrat of Talleyrand on front cover of dustjacket. Book weighs 3 pounds. - Napoleon called Talleyrand " A ____ in a silk stocking " ! But what a survivor ! sku 6899.

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used books,books, Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, for half a century mastermind of the French state, a figure of infinite fascination, embodied - and to an extraordinary degree directed - the most tumultuous era in French history. Born into one of France's noblest families, rejected as a cripple by his parents and given willy-nilly to the Church, he turned his unwanted fate into dazzling personal triumph. The revolution that guillotined his fellow aristocrats saw him serve as a member of the Committee on the Constitution. He held ministerial office through the Directory and the Consulate and was instrumental in both Napoleon's rise and fall (he was prime architect of the Congress of Vienna). After Waterloo he served as president of the provisional government, then engineered the return of the monarchy and again held high office. His biography is the biography of his country during his time, and therefore of Europe. And what a biography Jean Orieux has written! Here is Talleyrand the man of awesome and supple mind. Here is the priest who was notorious as a womanizer, who amassed a huge personal fortune and a principality; the prince who was a shrewd historian; the connoisseur and patron of the arts; the premier statesman of France; the puppet master of Europe, manipulating Metternich and Wellington. Here, finally, is the man supremely in control, who directed his own deathbed scene as brilliantly as he had organized Napoleon's coronation. Protean man of wit, courage, passion, sens.

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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, for half a century mastermind of the French state, a figure of infinite fascination, embodied - and to an extraordinary degree directed - the most tumultuous era in French history. Born into one of France's noblest families, rejected as a cripple by his parents and given willy-nilly to the Church, he turned his unwanted fate into dazzling personal triumph. The revolution that guillotined his fellow aristocrats saw him serve as a member of the Committee on the Constitution. He held ministerial office through the Directory and the Consulate and was instrumental in both Napoleon's rise and fall (he was prime architect of the Congress of Vienna). After Waterloo he served as president of the provisional government, then engineered the return of the monarchy and again held high office. His biography is the biography of his country during his time, and therefore of Europe. And what a biography Jean Orieux has written! Here is Talleyrand the man of awesome and supple mind. Here is the priest who was notorious as a womanizer, who amassed a huge personal fortune and a principality; the prince who was a shrewd historian; the connoisseur and patron of the arts; the premier statesman of France; the puppet master of Europe, manipulating Metternich and Wellington. Here, finally, is the man supremely in control, who directed his own deathbed scene as brilliantly as he had organized Napoleon's coronation. Protean man of wit, courage, passion, sense, he was the ultimate pragmatist, always working for France's advantage and his own, always unabashedly admitting it. When his barber asked him, "You have had all possible titles: Bishop, Minister, Prince; what do people call you when they talk about you?" Talleyrand answered: "Nothing good." A verdict shared by generations of moralistic biographers - and triumphantly reversed in Orieux's massive, elegant, witty, and marvelously readable volume. Hardcover, Ausgabe: 1st, Label: Knopf, Knopf, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 1974-01-01, Studio: Knopf, Verkaufsrang: 201410.

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Knopf, 1974-01-01. 1st. Hardcover. Used:Good. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Ships Fast. 24*7 Customer Service.

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Knopf, 1974-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Ships Fast. 24*7 Customer Service.