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This is that rare book where adulation does not hinder scholarship. He said of himself, for forty years i was the most morally discredited man in europe, yet i was all. To learn about our use of cookies and how you can manage your cookie settings, please see our cookie policy. Jean orieux s biography of talleyrand reads like a novel, which, considering his subject, is only just.
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