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It’s only about a hundred and fifty pages long. It brings Talleyrand completely to life and covers his own life, bringing out the person he was and the achievements he had to his credit (or, as some people would say, to his discredit). In a funny kind of way, Talleyrand has the same sort of problems with his personality and so on as Kissinger.
Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich GCMG, DSO, PC (22 February 1890 – 1 January 1954), known as Duff Cooper, was a British Conservative Party politician, diplomat and author. He wrote six books, including an autobiography, Old Men Forget, and a biography of Talleyrand, the 18th and 19th century French diplomat. He wrote one novel, Operation Heartbreak (1950), which has been republished ...
Alfred Duff Cooper, 1:e viscount Norwich, född 22 februari 1890 i London, död 1 januari 1954 till havs på norra Atlanten, var en brittisk politiker, diplomat och författare, far till John Julius Norwich . Efter studier på Eton och Cambridge antogs Cooper som aspirant av Foreign Office (brittiska UD) och inledde därmed en diplomatkarriär.
Coat of arms of Lady Diana Cooper Escutcheon The arms of Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich (Or three Lions rampant Gules on a Chief Azure a Portcullis chained between two Fleurs-de-lis of the first.) impaled with the arms of Henry Manners, 8th Duke of Rutland (Or, two bars azure a chief quarterly azure and gules; in the 1st and 4th quarters two fleurs-de-lis and in the 2nd and 3rd a lion ...
6 de mar. de 2023 · The Duff Cooper Prize is run by the Duff Cooper Memorial Fund, set up in 1956. The charity’s trustees are the Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford. The Prize judging committee is chaired by writer Artemis Cooper. As Duff’s grand-daughter, she is an ex-officio jury member, alongside the current Warden of New College, Miles Young.
Alfred Duff Cooper (1890–1954) was a statesman, diplomat, and historian. He was a decorated officer during the First World War and entered Parliament in 1923. He remained a politician until 1938, when he resigned in protest at Britain's appeasement policy toward Nazi Germany.
Alfred Duff Cooper (1890-1954) fut un homme politique britannique, membre du Parti conservateur. Outre une brillante carrière qui le mena au Parlement et dans divers cabinets ministériels, il fut ambassadeur à Paris de 1947 à 1954 et publia six ouvrages dont une autobiographie Old Men Forget, une biographie de Talleyrand et un roman Operation Heartbreak.
