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... Metternich , Austria's foreign minister , urged Napoleon to sue for peace . It is hard to say whether or not he was ... Metternich's offer seriously , nor did he think that the Austrians posed any kind of threat , for he could not accept ...
... Metternich , Austria's foreign minister , urged Napoleon to sue for peace . It is hard to say whether or not he was ... Metternich's offer seriously , nor did he think that the Austrians posed any kind of threat , for he could not accept ...
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... Metternich imposed upon her as an aide - de - camp a certain General Neipperg , who had his instructions and carried them out . By the time that Napoleon died Neipperg had given her two children . When she became Duchess of Parma she ...
... Metternich imposed upon her as an aide - de - camp a certain General Neipperg , who had his instructions and carried them out . By the time that Napoleon died Neipperg had given her two children . When she became Duchess of Parma she ...
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... Metternich and Talleyrand , took similar views of him . For Metternich he had : " but one passion , power , he never lost either his time or his means in objects which might have diverted him from this aim . Master of himself , he soon ...
... Metternich and Talleyrand , took similar views of him . For Metternich he had : " but one passion , power , he never lost either his time or his means in objects which might have diverted him from this aim . Master of himself , he soon ...
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