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A brilliant and well-researched historical biography covering the involvement of the French diplomat Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand in the political events both before, during and after the French Revolution, and his relationships with its leading personalities, particularly with Napoleon Bonaparte.
Intrigue and deceit, conspiracy and betrayal, bribery and venality, rivalry and flattery, opulence and gallantry are all fascinatingly described in exciting detail making this book of immediate interest for all those who pick it up.
Well thought-out and written in a lay-man's language, Talleyrand's story makes the dramatic events of the French Revolution and its aftermath come to life.
ISBN : 978-1-78830-888-5
Published: 28/10/2021
Pages : 484
Size : 156x234
Imprint : Olympia Publishers
John Fox is a retired international civil servant, having worked as a publications officer for both the BBC in London and UNESCO in Paris and Geneva.
He is the author, with Marit Fosse, of three books:
The League of Nations: From Collective Security to Global Rearmament.
Nansen: Explorer and Humanitarian.
Sean Lester: The Guardian of a Small Flickering Light.
He has also written a brief biography of Lord Robert Baden Powell (2013) published in English and French in the international educational journal Prospects.