Author: FOUCHé, JOSEPH
Title: The Memoirs of Joseph Fouché, Duke of Otranto, Minister of the General Police of France. With a Portrait. Translated from the French. Vol. II
Description: London: Charles Knight, 1825. Original marbled boards. Pages throughout text block slightly warped by damp. Some foxing & soiling to many pages, especially margins & to endpapers & pastedowns. Pencil marks on front pastedown. Browning, soiling & foxing to text block edges. Spine, covers & corners somewhat faded & worn but gilt borders & decorations still intact. ; From the Rothschilds' Exbury House library. Pages throughout text block slightly warped by damp. Some foxing & soiling to many pages, especially margins & to endpapers & pastedowns. Pencil marks on front pastedown. Browning, soiling & foxing to text block edges. Spine, covers & corners somewhat faded & worn but gilt borders & decorations still intact. ; 21.8 x 13.7 x 2.2 cms; 329 pages; Joseph Fouché, Duke of Otranto (1759–1820) was a French statesman and master of political survival, renowned for his role as Minister of Police during the French Revolution and Napoleonic era. Originally a teacher and Jacobin radical, Fouché played a key part in the Reign of Terror before switching allegiances as tides turned. He became infamous for his ruthless intelligence network and ability to navigate shifting political regimes—from Robespierre to Napoleon, and later the restored Bourbon monarchy. Made Duke of Otranto by Napoleon, Fouché is remembered as a brilliant, manipulative figure whose loyalty was always to self-preservation and power above all else.. Good with no dust jacket .

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