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Princess Lieven. The Untitled Queen of European Diplomacy

14.99 €
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Princess Lieven. The Untitled Queen of European Diplomacy
14.99 €
The book is the first full biography in Russian of Princess D. H. Lieven (1785-1857), the sister of A. H. Benckendorff, wife of Prince H. A. Lieven. A. Lieven, who gained fame as a schemer, "spy" and "secret agent", who can rightfully be considered one of the most influential shadowy figures of European diplomacy of the first half of the XIX century. Written on the basis of previously unpublished archival documents, as well as extensive epistolary heritage of the princess, the book tells about the activities of this remarkable woman in London and Paris, where most of her life was spent. The reader will plunge into the eventful private life of Daria Lieven: her passionate affair with K. Metternich, the death of her sons, life without means of subsistence and without imperial authorization in Paris, relations with the minister and historian François Guizot, with whom the princess did not part for twenty years. The work recreates portraits of European monarchs and famous politicians of that era, who formed the Princess's constant circle of socialization, and many of them were her enthusiastic admirers.
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