THE DUCHESS OF DINO by Ziegler, Philip - 1986

London: Collins. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1986. Reprint. Hardcover. 0002111527; Very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Name on ffep. Contents are uniformly age-browned, otherwise Contents are clean and unworn, with no writing or other entries in the text. DJ's spine has faded from light yellow to white; the lettering, 'tho a little dulled, is perfectly clear and legible, else DJ is amost as new, clean and unworn, with printed price. DJ is protected by a clear plastic cover. ; Hardcover.1986. 8-3/4" Tall, 382pp. Black boards, bright gold spine lettering. Reprint. BIOGRAPHY. Index. Bibliography. 11p b/w illus. Including the frontispiece , mostly reproductions. A life of Dorothea of Courland, mistress to Talleyrand . "Dorothea of Dino was intelligent, strikingly beautiful, proud to the point of arrogance, passionately loyal, a good friend and a relentless enemy...Usually her name is coupled with that of her uncle, Prince Talleyrand, and it was popularly assumed that he was the father of her last child. From the time that she went with him to the Congress of Vienna until his death more than twenty years later she was his most constant companion and support. " .