Castlereagh by Hinde, Wendy

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London: Collins. Very Good. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 320 pages; Some pencil markings made by Susan Mary Alsop on several pages; otherwise contents clean and secure in original cloth binding with gilt lettering at spinein very good dustjacket. This was a reference book for Alsop's research for her book The Congress Dances: Vienna 1814-1815. From a review: "Few historic occasions lend themselves more naturally to petticoat history than the 1815 Congress of Vienna, where Tsar Alexander I, Austria's Metternich, Britain's Castlereagh & France's Talleyrand assembled to reconstruct Europe after the upheavals of the French Revolution & the Napoleonic era--where, notoriously, three international beauties--Dorothea de Talleyrand-Perigord, her sister Wilhelmina Sagan & Catherine Bragation--played prominent roles. Alsop (Lady Sackville, Yankees at the Court) sets the scene over-elaborately but animatedly: the life, character, domestic & diplomatic… Read More

London : Collins, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original cloth hardcover, illustrated, 320 pages, page edges spotted otherwise very good in sunned on the spine very good unclipped dustwrapper. We are a real bookseller with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf B23.

Collins, 1981. Hardcover. Good.

London : Collins, 1981. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if slightly edge-torn and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 320 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, map, portraits; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-307) and index. Subjects: Castlereagh, Robert Stewart Viscount 1769-1822. Statesmen Great Britain; Biography. Diplomatic relations. Politics and government. Great Britain Politics and government 1789-1820. Genre: Bibliography. Biographies. Illustrated.