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Metternich: The Autobiography, 1773-1815
Throughout Prince Metternich's glittering and successful career he sought to free Europe from the forces unleashed by the French Revolution. He was an enemy of change, despised by republicans and feared by radicals. Metternich's acute skill for diplomacy was instrumental in creating alliances to reverse dangerous republicanism and restore Europe's legitimate monarchies to
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272 pages
Published
December 1st 2004
by Ravenhall Books
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Constructed out of three separate works by Metternich's son this autobiography runs up to 1815 and the Congress of Vienna. Parts of it were written in the 1840s, the editing took place thirty years later, it seems fair to assume that the way that events worked out shaped how and what is recalled here. The translation is an old one but, apart from the phonetic rendering of Mainz as Mayence which confused me for a while, the tone seemed appropriate.
Metternich served as Austria's foreign minister f ...more
Metternich served as Austria's foreign minister f ...more
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Alter Ego of Talleyrand.
Votre Majesté croit
fondé la Monarchie : Elle se trompe, c'est la Révolution
qu’Elle prend en sous-œuvre I
Votre Majesté croit
fondé la Monarchie : Elle se trompe, c'est la Révolution
qu’Elle prend en sous-œuvre I
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