Talleyrand at Nantes. The Czar, Napoleon and Talleyrand at Erfurt. Plotting between Alexander I and Talleyrand. Napoleon mentions the word "divorce": seeks marriage with Czar's sis- ter. The Czar arranges a marriage between Tal- leyrand's nephew, Comte Edmond de Périgord, and Princesse Dorothée de Courlande
IV.--Napoleon's fall. Talleyrand's intrigues with the Allies. The Czar Alexander I his house guest at his house, rue St.-Florentin. Talleyrand's letters during the Occupation to the Duchesse de Courlande at the Château de Rosny-sur-Seine. Talleyrand head of Provisional Government. His influence in putting Louis XVIII on the throne. The overthrow of "the man of Elba"
VI.--Talleyrand's short reign as Minister of Foreign Af- fairs under Louis XVIII. His post as Grand Chamberlain. Lady Morgan's and Sainte- Beuve's descriptions of Talleyrand. Sums paid to Talleyrand when Ambassador at Court of St. James'. Talleyrand's life at Valençay and in the rue St.-Florentin. Illness and death of Madame de Talleyrand. Talleyrand's ap- proaches to Rome. L'Abbé Dupanloup. Tal- leyrand's last illness. King Louis-Philippe's visit to dying statesman. Scenes in the salons; at the death-bed. Final complete recantation. Last moments. Burial at Valençay
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Publication Information: Book Title: Talleyrand: The Training of a Statesman, 1754-1838. Contributors: Anna Bowman Dodd - author. Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1927. Page Number: x.
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