“ONE thing that makes me wonder whether there is any God presiding over the affairs of man is the fact that while good people perish, evil men flourish. Take for instance, Talleyrand. He is most likely going to die in his bed “. Talleyrand duly died in his bed many years after, long after Napoleon had succumbed to gastric cancer in detention camp on the Island of St Helena. For centuries, Napoleon’s fatal affliction was attributed to arsenic poisoning by his English conquerors. When...
Napoleon Bonaparte and Talleyrand - The Nation
Napoleon Bonaparte and Talleyrand - The Nation