Talleyrand

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, History

Duff Cooper's 1932 biography of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, the French statesman and diplomat who served the ancien regime, the Revolution, Napoleon and the restored Bourbon monarchy. Cooper follows Talleyrand's career from bishop of Autun to foreign minister and his role at the Congress of Vienna, defending him as a consistent advocate of peace and European balance.

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• Winston Churchill: “No one who has read Mr. Duff Cooper's Talleyrand requires other assurances of his skill in narrative or of his literary competence and quality.”