"Women were central to the Congress of Vienna. Zamoyski almost loses count of the number Metternich slept with. Talleyrand did an Alan Clark by sleeping with a mother and her daughter. Tsar Alexander took his revenge on Metternich (who opposed the Russian desire to incorporate Poland as a Russian province) by sleeping with his mistress. And of course Britain joined this diplomatic shagfest by sending the handsome young Frederick Lamb to sleep with Metternich's mistress. Pillow talk provided the principals with information on what their rivals were up to".
Parágrafo da recensão de Denis MacShane ao, segundo me dizem, excelente Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna, de Adam Zamoyski (Londres: Harper Press).
ps. O Congresso de Viena (1815) é considerado o apogeu da diplomacia europeia.
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