# Historical Characters: Mackintosh, Talleyrand, Canning, Cobbett, Peel

Author: Dalling and Bulwer, Henry Lytton Bulwer, Baron, 1801-1872

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53285

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Historical+Characters%3A+Mackintosh%2C+Talleyrand%2C+Canning%2C+Cobbett%2C+Peel+Dalling+and+Bulwer&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Different types of men.--M. de Talleyrand, the politic man.--Character of the eighteenth century, which had formed him.--Birth, personal description, entry into church.--Causes of revolution.--States-General.--Talleyrand’s influence over clergy; over the decision as to the instructions of members, and the drawing up of the rights of man.--Courage in times of danger.--Financial knowledge.--Propositions relative to church property.--Discredit with the Court party.--Popularity with the Assembly.--Charged to draw up its manifesto to the nation.--Project about uniformity of weights and measures.

## Chapters

- [PART VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/23/index.md)
- [PART V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/5/index.md)
- [PART I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/1/index.md)
- [PART IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/4/index.md)
- [PART I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/13/index.md)
- [PART VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/6/index.md)
- [PART II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/2/index.md)
- [PART III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/3/index.md)
- [PART II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/14/index.md)
- [PART III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/15/index.md)
- [PART III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/12/index.md)
- [PART IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/16/index.md)
- [PART III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/9/index.md)
- [PART II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/8/index.md)
- [PART II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/11/index.md)
- [PART V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/17/index.md)
- [PART IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/21/index.md)
- [PART III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/20/index.md)
- [PART I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/7/index.md)
- [PART V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/22/index.md)
- [PART II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/19/index.md)
- [PART I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/10/index.md)
- [PART I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/historical-characters-mackintosh-talleyrand-canning-cobbett-peel-53285/chapters/18/index.md)