Talleyrand, Charles Maurice de, Prince de Benevent: Talleyrand. Memoires & correspondances.(Brief article)(Book review)

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Talleyrand, Charles Maurice de, Prince de Benevent

Talleyrand. Memoires & correspondances. Edition presented by Emmanuel de Waresquiel. Paris: Robert Laffont, "Bouquins," 2007. 1632 pp. Euro32.

For Emmanuel de Waresquiel, himself author of a remarkable biography of Talleyrand (Talleyrand, le prince immobile, Fayard, 2003), all the revisions, amendments, modifications brought to the original text of the Memoirs were made by Talleyrand himself. Motivation: self interest. "Talleyrand didn't write his Memoirs as a disenchanted or unrecognized actor taking a ...

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