num_pages: 356
description: Lawday explores in detail Talleyrand’s perverse relationship with Napoleon, whom he fought with flattery, courtesy and an alarmingly straight face. Quite as much as the Duke of Wellington, it was this club-footed genius of French diplomacy who defeated the great conqueror and delivered France and all Europe from the Emperor’s follies.
language: English
title: Napoleon's Master: A Life of Prince Talleyrand
titlecomplete: Napoleon's Master: A Life of Prince Talleyrand
characters: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
genres: History, 19th Century, France, European History, Politics, French Revolution, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 145
publisher: Jonathan Cape