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BiographyTALLEYRAND-PERIGORD, Charles-Maurice de'C'est un homme d'intrigue, d'une grande immoralité, mais avec beaucoup d'esprit, et certes, le plus capable des ministres que j'aie eus', Napoleon to Caulaincourt during the retreat from Russia, 1812.
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BiographyTHUGUT, Johnann-Amadeus-Franz de Paula von
Fact file Born Linz, 31 March, 1736, died Vienna, 28 May, 1818.Appointed by Kaunitz as court interpreter in Constantinople with rank of Secretary of the Chancery, 1757 Became a double agent for the Bourbons as member of the Secret du Roi Louis XV, 1766 Paid an annual pension of 13,000 livres by Louis XV from […]