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1986. Reprint. hardcover. very good(+)/very good(+). Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, d.w. London: Collins (1986). Reprint. A very good(+) copy.<br/><br/>

London: Collins. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. 382 pages; Contents clean and secure in original bright red cloth binding in edgeworn dustjacket. The unique and fascinating life of Talleyrand’s niece, Dorothea Courland, Duchess of Dino, will grab readers’ attention and hold it fast. This first English-language biography of the Duchess paints a portrait of an intelligent, strikingly beautiful, proud, and ferociously loyal woman. She served as Talleyrand’s constant companion, taking on some of his social and political burdens when he grew too old to bear them alone. Talleyrand was even assumed to have been the father of her last child. This is a gripping character study of one of the most influential women of the 19th century. Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754 – 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand, was a French secularised clergyman, statesman and leading diplomat. He was Napoleon's chief… Leer más

John Day, 1963. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a VG+ dust jacket with light wear at spine extremities. First American Edition stated. Illustrated