Memoirs of the Duchesse De Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1841-1850

_Sagan, January 3, 1850._--The weakness of the Prussian Ministry is inconceivable and so is the utter confusion which the new laws, whether proposed or granted, produce througho...

The following is Lady Palmerston's letter to the Princess: "I must tell you that my daughter Fanny is engaged to Lord Jocelyn. He is a charming young man of twenty-eight, handso...

_Nice, January 1, 1842._--Yesterday I made a very beautiful excursion with my son-in-law. We drove to the foot of a crag on which a convent for men is built. The church is prett...

_Rochecotte, February 21, 1843._--I have a letter from M. de Salvandy, breaking a long silence, which he explains as due to his political perplexities. He says that M. Guizot sh...

_Rochecotte, January 1, 1841._--Yesterday passed by uneventfully. In the morning I had mass said in my chapel for the late M. de Quélen, and shed heartfelt tears during the serv...

_Sagan, January 4, 1848._--I am quite overwhelmed by the death of Madame Adélaïde.[122] It is a misfortune for the King, for the poor and for my children. In her I lose a friend...

_Sagan, January 11, 1849._--M. Arago has at length left Berlin, where he is detested. There seems to be some idea that the Prince of the Moskowa will come as French Minister, th...

_Sagan, December 12, 1847._--I am delighted to learn that your nomination to the Embassy of Turin has been settled, since you desire the post.[115] I hear from Berlin that the E...

_Vienna, January 4, 1844._--I am packing up, saying goodbye and making the thousand little arrangements which precede departure. I shall leave Vienna very well satisfied with my...

Rochecotte, January 1, 1841--M. Molé--European Politics--The Fortifications--Politics in Paris--Forged Letters--French Politics--Correspondence--M. Lacordaire--Lady Holland--A C...

Nice, January 1, 1842--Life at Nice--A Reception--A Quadrille--Spanish Affairs--News from Paris--The Carnival--M. de Salvandy--Nice during Lent--An Entertainment--An Excursion--...

Rochecotte, February 21, 1843--Return to Paris--Politics in Paris--The Duchesse d'Orléans--Fashion--Cardinal Consalvi--Case of Hydrophobia--A Bazaar--Relations with Prussia--Mem...