The Congress of Vienna: A Study in Allied Unity, 1812-1822

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Grove Press, 2000 - 312 pages
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In 1812, at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a congress convened in Vienna in which the fate of Europe was to be determined for the next hundred years. Attending were the great statesmen of the time -- the wily French foreign minister, Talleyrand; his brave but misguided British counterpart, Lord Castlereagh; the conservative Austrian chancellor, Prince Metternich; and the idealistic but unstable tsar Alexander. Beginning with Napoleon's harrowing retreat from Moscow, the pace of the narrative holds throughout the negotiations in the Austrian capital, where the power struggle to both restore a lost world and ensure a stable future took place. Harold Nicolson's classic is narrative history at its best. "With swift pace, clear focus and a series of brilliant character sketches, this is narrative history at its best." -- The New York Times
 

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Avis d'utilisateur  - Hiensch - LibraryThing

The Congress of Vienna, written in 1945, is still by far the best book on this subject. It also gives a good insight in the workings of diplomacy and is very direct and open about the characters of the main players. On top of this it is very well written. Consulter l'avis complet

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Avis d'utilisateur  - Oburoni - CritiquesLibres.com

"Le Congrès de Vienne" de Harold Nicolson fut publié en 1946, soit à la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Á l'heure où l'Europe s'éveille après que les ambitions mégalomanes et totalitaires de ... Consulter l'avis complet

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