TALLEYRAND, CHARLES-MAURICE DE, PRINCE DE BENEVENT

Additional reading Sources. Talleyrand's Mmoires were edited by the Duc de Broglie, 5 vol. (189192; Eng. trans. of vol. 35, 189192). They are unreliable and should be used with discretion. A number of Talleyrand's letters and dispatches have been published in the following works: G. Pallain, La Mission de Talleyrand Londres en 1792 (1889), Le Ministre de Talleyrand sous le Directoire (1891), Correspondance indite du prince de Talleyrand et du roi Louis XVIII pendant le Congrs de Vienne (1881), and L'ambassade de Talleyrand Londres, 18301834, 2 vol. (1891); P. Bertrand, Lettres indites de Talleyrand Napolon, 18001809 (1889); H. Huth and W.J. Pugh, Talleyrand in America As a Financial Promoter, 17941796, 3 vol. (1942). Biographies and monographs The basic biography of Talleyrand is G. Lacour-Gayet, Talleyrand, 17541838, 4 vol. (192834; 3 vol., 1979). A comprehensive biography in English is Jack F. Bernard, Talleyrand (1973). The study by E.L. Dard, Napolon et Talleyrand (1935; Eng. trans. 1937), should also be noted. The following biographies contain subjective judgments of Talleyrand: A. Duff Cooper, Talleyrand (1932, reissued 1964); the Comte de Saint-Aulaire, Talleyrand (1935); Crane Brinton The Lives of Talleyrand (1936); G. Ferrero, Talleyrand Vienne, 18141815 (1940); L. Madelin, Talleyrand (1942); J. Bertaut, Talleyrand (1945); and J. Orieux, Talleyrand, ou la fuite au dsert (1970), and Talleyrand: The Art of Survival (1974), all favourable accounts; R. Laforgue, Talleyrand, l'homme de la France (1947), a psychoanalytical study; M. Missoffe, Le Coeur secret de Talleyrand (1956), on the romantic life of Talleyrand; E. Tarle, Talleyrand (French trans. from the Russian, 1958), hostile; and L.S. Greenbaum, Talleyrand, Statesman-Priest (1970), an original study of Talleyrand's ecclesiastical career before 1789.