by André Castelot · Librairie Académique Perrin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782262013066
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«Talleyrand ou le cynisme» is the biography of Talleyrand by André Castelot, from Librairie Académique Perrin, in paperback (716 pages, in French).
Biography of Talleyrand, former bishop of Autun and key figure in French politics between the Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire. Castelot portrays his negotiating cunning, his cynicism and his controversial reputation, and records Talleyrand's own wish that people would continue to discuss him for centuries.
The work was originally published in 1997 and belongs to the field of European history, particularly the period of the Napoleonic Empire.
Aimed at readers who want to approach European history without being specialists, thanks to Castelot's narrative approach.
André Castelot, born André Storms, was a French writer and scriptwriter born in Belgium. He was the son of the Symbolist painter Maurice Chabas and Gabrielle Storms-Castelot, and the brother of the film actor Jacques Castelot. He wrote more than one hundred books, mostly biographies of famous people.
