Talleyrand in London: The Master Diplomat's Last Mission

by Linda Kelly

Overview

The arrival of Charles-Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand-Périgord, as French ambassador in London in September 1830, was regarded as a great event by the British government. Two months earlier the July Revolution in Paris, overthrowing the reactionary rule of Charles X, had brought the liberal Louis-Philippe to the throne. Talleyrand, the best-known diplomat in Europe, had emerged from retirement at the age of 76 to lend his support to the new monarchy and to confirm its acceptance by the other European powers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781786721501
Publisher:	I.B.Tauris
Publication date:	05/31/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Linda Kelly's books include Juniper Hall, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and most recently Holland House and Ireland's Minstrel (both I.B.Tauris). She has written for The Washington Post, the New York Times, the Times Literary Supplement and numerous other publications, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Wordsworth Trust. She is married to the writer Laurence Kelly, a specialist in Russian history. They have three children and live in London

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix

Supporting Cast xi

Author's Note xv

Prologue 1

1 The July Revolution 9

2 Ambassador in London 18

3 The Belgian Conference 27

4 Social Successes 37

5 The Search for a Monarch 45

6 The Eighteen Articles 53

7 French Troops in Belgium! 63

8 'A Firm and Cordial Entente' 74

9 The Triumph of Reform 82

10 Leave of Absence 92

11 Besieging Antwerp 101

12 A New Challenge 110

13 The Quadruple Alliance 118

14 A Changing Scene 127

15 Time to Go 137

Epilogue 149

Notes 153

Bibliography 161

Index 163