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Title: Reminiscences of Prince Talleyrand, Volume II (of 2)
Release Date: November 18, 2017 [eBook #55995]
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London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, Great Marlborough Street. 1848.
PAGE The Duc D’Aiguillon and Madame Dubarri—Talleyrand’s return from America—Chénier, Madame de Staël, and Madame de la Bouchardie 1
The Salons of Paris before the Revolution 92
Talleyrand’s Boudoir—Portraits—Madame de Brionne—Madame de Flahaut—A Gambling Scene—The Chevalier de Fénélon—Madame Grandt—Princess Talleyrand 118
Talleyrand’s desire for Amity between England and France—Louis Dixhuit—The Archbishop de M.—Madame de Krudener—Alexander of Russia 179
The last Moments of Prince Talleyrand 232
EXTRACTS FROM PRINCE TALLEYRAND’S MANUSCRIPTS, SPEECHES, & POLITICAL WRITINGS.
Prince Talleyrand’s Maxims for Seasoning Conversation 261
Private Letter from Prince Talleyrand to Marshal Sebastiani, on the Policy of suffering Belgium to be created an Independent Monarchy 276
From Prince Talleyrand to Marshal Sebastiani, on the same subject as the preceding 280
Letter from Prince Talleyrand to Count Sebastiani, on the Affairs of Belgium 284
Observations on the Trial of Peers by the Chamber of Peers, and the Reasons on which Talleyrand Grounded his Vote in the Affair of Lieutenants-General Guilleminot and Bordesoulle 289
