The Congress of Vienna

A Study in Allied Unity, 1812-1822

Bibliographic Data

ID23128366
AuthorsBernadotte E Schmitt, Harold Nicolson
Year1947
Volume52
Issue3
Pages503
Publication date1947-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe American Historical Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-8762 • E-ISSN: 1937-5239
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1859892
OpenAlexW2057258821
LanguageEN
Citations received24

In 1812, at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a congress convened in Vienna in which the fate of Europe was to be determined for the next hundred years. Attending were the great statesmen of the time -- the wily French foreign minister, Talleyrand; his brave but misguided British counterpart, Lord Castlereagh; the conservative Austrian chancellor, Prince Metternich; and the idealistic but unstable tsar Alexander. Beginning with Napoleon's harrowing retreat from Moscow, the pace of the narrative holds throughout the negotiations in the Austrian capital, where the power struggle to both restore a lost world and ensure a stable future took place. Harold Nicolson's classic is narrative history at its With swift pace, clear focus and a series of brilliant character sketches, this is narrative history at its best. -- The New York Times

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