A review of Talleyrand; Betrayer and Saviour of France by Robin Harris. Charles-Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand-Périgord, has been very well served by biographers. Alfred Duff Cooper’s 1932 life of the ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
“Talleyrand and His World” by Rosalynd Pflaum (Afton Press, $30): Here’s my first message to faithful readers in the new year: You must read this lively, mesmerizing biography of one of the most ...
Adam Zamoyski reviews Napoleon's Master: A Life of Prince Talleyrand by David Lawday Talleyrand is a biographer's dream. The barely believable trajectory of the ancien-régime aristocrat who became a ...
It is not surprising that Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord (1754-1838) has inspired so many biographies. Dubbed the Prince of Diplomats, he led a life of extremes involving power, money, women ...
Napoleon Bonaparte and his chief diplomat, Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, are usually seen as the oddest of history’s odd couples. One personified boldness, ambition and overblown operatic passion; ...
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