The Princess and the Politicians: Sex, Intrigue and Diplomacy, 1812-40 - Softcover

Charmley, John

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9780140289718: The Princess and the Politicians: Sex, Intrigue and Diplomacy, 1812-40

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ISBN 10: 0140289712 ISBN 13: 9780140289718

Publisher: Penguin, 2006

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‘Densely researched and elegantly written . . . This is a major work of historical revisionism’ -- Spectator

‘Very assured . . . Charmley’s fascinating book provides the first psychologically convincing portrait of Dorothea’ -- Sunday Times

‘[A] skilled and witty account . . . Charmley writes about post-Napoleonic Europe with clarity and expertise’ -- Sunday Telegraph

Synopsis:

As a woman, Princess Dorothea Lieven, wife to the Russian ambassador in London from 1812 to 1834, was debarred from having any formal power in the world of international diplomacy. But as mistress of, among others, Metternich, Lord Grey, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Palmerston and a favourite of George IV, she mixed sex with politics, using her intimate relationships with the great men of Europe to further Russia's aims. In a sweeping narrative moving from St. Petersburg to London and Paris and back, "The Princess and the Politicians" relates the riveting political history of Europe in the wake of the Napoleonic wars, and paints a portrait of a spirited, fascinating woman who sought to influence the destiny of nations by playing the men at their own game.

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