The Congress of Vienna: A Study in Allied Unity, 1812-1822In 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 - LibraryThingThe 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
Le Congrès de Vienne
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
Table des matières
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The Italian and German Settlements | 182 |
General Questions 100 | 211 |
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The Holy Alliance | 240 |
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The Congress of Vienna: a study in allied unity: 1812-1822 Harold Nicolson,Sir Harold George Nicolson Affichage d'extraits - 1946 |
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