CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I.THE TRAINING OF A DIPLOMATIST[1]
II.THE ABBÉ MALGRÉ LUI[16]
III.PRIEST AND BISHOP[38]
IV.AT THE STATES GENERAL[56]
V.THE BREACH WITH THE CHURCH[80]
VI.CITIZEN TALLEYRAND[101]
VII.EXILE[121]
VIII.THE REGENERATED PARIS[141]
IX.ENTER NAPOLEON[165]
X.WAR AND DIPLOMACY[177]
XI.THE RESTORATION OF RELIGION[200]
XII.THE RENEWAL OF WAR[223]
XIII.AWAY FROM NAPOLEON[251]
XIV.THE RESTORATION[281]
XV.A DIPLOMATIC ROMANCE[303]
XVI.THE “FOREIGNERS OF THE INTERIOR” [326]
XVII.THE LAST ACT[349]