War and Peace · secondary
Talleyrand
historical · male
Diplomat mentioned in the context of the war's causes.
Titles
statesman · diplomat
Appearances
- First: Book NINE · Chapter I · ¶ 3
- Latest: Book SECOND EPILOGUE · Chapter II · ¶ 7
Quotations
“for Metternich, Rumyántsev, or Talleyrand”
“the skillful statesmen and diplomatists (especially Talleyrand, who managed to sit down in a particular chair before anyone else and thereby extended the frontiers of France)”
“Talleyrand, Chateaubriand, and the rest”