Talleyrand: A Biographical Study
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A good fit for
- English-language readers interested in modern French history
- University history students who need to understand Talleyrand's life
- Readers who want to understand the political landscape from the French Revolution to the Restoration through biography
- Researchers accustomed to public-domain eBooks who need searchable text
Not a good fit for
- Beginners with limited English reading ability who prefer a Chinese biography
- Specialist researchers expecting detailed scholarly notes and primary-source citations
- Casual readers who only want a quick summary of Talleyrand's life
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- Prepare a chronology of the French Revolution to the Restoration, and check the dates of the subject's activities as you read.
- After each chapter, summarize in a few sentences Talleyrand's political choices and circumstances at that stage.
- Mark the author's evaluative statements, and after finishing compare them with accounts in Chinese works on French history.
- Use the eBook's search function to trace passages by name or event, making it easier to sort out relationships.
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About the author
Joseph McCabe (1867–1955) was a prolific British writer and lecturer who trained for the priesthood in his early years before turning to secularist and rationalist writing. Seven of his works are held here, spanning a wide range of subjects: historical narratives of figures and dynasties such as The Romance of the Romanoffs and Talleyrand: A Biographical Study; a life of the medieval thinker Peter Abélard; and critical examinations of religious institutions and the churches' role in A Candid History of the Jesuits and The War and the Churches. He also wrote Is Spiritualism Based on Fraud?, on the credibility of supernatural belief, and The Story of Evolution, on the development of scientific ideas. His writing is popular in style and aimed at general readers, with a strongly argumentative edge, often combining historical inquiry with a rationalist standpoint; it had some influence in early twentieth-century secularist publishing. Public information is limited, so details of his early life and specific posts are best left unstated.
