Life of Prince Metternich
George Bruce Malleson
Leído por Pamela Nagami
Klemens von Metternich (1773-1859) first foreign minister, and then chancellor of the Austrian Empire was a great diplomat: crafty, manipulative, and single-minded in his determination to overthrow Napoleon and his revolutionary ideals and to reestablish the European monarchical system. In this short 1888 biography, the British officer, Colonel G. B. Malleson, describes how the charming, aristocratic Metternich devoted countless hours to winning Napoleon's trust and to buying time for his country, until a rearmed Austria, at the head of the Sixth Coalition, was able to defeat the still-formidable Corsican. From 1815 until his downfall amid the revolutions of 1848, Malleson writes of Metternich that he devoted "all his power, all his influence, all his untiring energy, to the forging of new fetters for the human race." (summary by Pamela Nagami) (7 hr 29 min)
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I really like this. It was a different focus then the recent book I read called Vienna, 1814, which was all about the peace conference and the Congress of Vienna. There were some rather interesting tidbits put in this book that I did not hear in the other one. For example I never knew about the interest in St. Helena as the original location, nor did I know about Scotland. All in all the author did a good job and I recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about this very interesting man whose life intersected with and even more interesting man Napoleon. It is very interesting to hear about how Napoleon's second marriage really was his Achilles' heel.
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