Talleyrand

First published in 1932, this is a political biography of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, the French churchman and diplomat who served the ancien regime, the Revolution, Napoleon, and the restored Bourbons. Cooper follows his career from the bishopric of Autun through the foreign ministry, exile, and the Congress of Vienna, attending to the bargains, changes of side, and surviving influence that marked him. The book treats Talleyrand as a professional of power rather than as a mere turncoat. It is a life of one statesman, not a general history of France.

Quarter bound in black cloth with light brown paper covers printed in cream and black with a portrait. Black slipcase.