METTERNICH, COUNCILLOR OF EUROPE

Allen Palmer

Phoenix Giant soft cover issue 1997

The ‘Age of Metternich’ lasted for more than a generation. Between the defeat of Napoleon and Metternich’s own downfall in 1848 it was the Austrian Chancellor who, more than any other man, guided the fortunes of Europe. Able, indefatigable and master of the intricate arts of diplomacy, Metternich’s influence spread far beyond the confines of the Hapsburg dominions.

As a man Metternich emerges as very different from the austere figure of popular imagination. Wordly, urbane and witty, he was a connoisseur of good living who enjoyed a sequence of scandalous love affairs and was as much at home in Paris as Vienna.

The book is in very good condition