Bedroom Diplomacy - In the Age of Metternich
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Bedroom Diplomacy - In the Age of Metternich
Julia Herdman brings to life the 'off-stage' activities at the Congress of Vienna, 1814-15, and the London Congress in 1818 with this short, illustrated, easy-to-read, mini-history.Find out who knew who and how much they knew about each other as the diplomats hopped between the beds of their shared mistresses.
Chapter include:
- Prince Klemens von Metternich
- France, Napoleon, a Whiff of Grapeshot and Marriage to Josephine
- Metternich's First Conquests
- Metternich's Politics and the Concert of Europe
- Metternich's Wives
- The Congress of Vienna
- Tsar Alexander I
- Katerina Bagration
- The Duchess of Sagan
- Bedroom Adventures at the Palm Palace
- The Congress of London 1818
- Concluding Thoughts
- Bibliography
