Loliée, Frédéric & O'Donnell, Bryan — Prince Talleyrand And His Times
John Long 1911 1st edition. Cloth, G. 416pp, b/w frontis, 15 b/w plates, index, spine lettering dulled, cloth rubbed along the edges, occasional light foxing which is more heavier to the title & frontis, a good copy. Political biography of the controversial diplomat & French politician Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord [ 1754 - 1838 ], a figure who still causes opinion to be divided as to his true nature - some have him a skilled & influential European diplomat, while others think him a self serving, womanising traitor.