Napoleon's Master: A Life Of Prince Talleyrand (2006) By David Lawday
 
Lawday explores in detail Talleyrand's perverse relationship with Napoleon, whom he fought with flattery, courtesy and an alarmingly straight face. Quite as much as the Duke of Wellington, it was this club-footed genius of French diplomacy who defeated the great conqueror and delivered France and all Europe from the Emperor's follies.
 
In this life of a master diplomat, David Lawday follows Talleyrand's remarkable career through the most turbulent age Europe has known- the mad leap from France's rotting 'ancient regime' into revolution of 1789+, Robespierre's Terror, Napoleon's epic wars and dramatic fall, and on through restored king's to more revolution. His perverse relationship with Napoleon, who lived for war and conquest, talleyrand for peace, comfort and a civilised French way of life.
 
Hard Cover With Dust Jacket
386 pages
In Good condition