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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820502503321

Autore

Lombard Paul <1927->

Titolo

Vice and virtue : men of history, great crooks for the greater good / / Paul Lombard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Pub., c2000

ISBN

1-280-34657-4

9786610346578

1-892941-21-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 pages)

Disciplina

172/.2/0944

Soggetti

Political corruption - France - History

Celebrities - France - Attitudes

France Moral conditions History

France Politics and government Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Chapter 1 A BRIEF CHRONICLE OF ANTI-HEROES; Chapter 2 JACQUES COEUR; Chapter 3 ELEONORA AND CONCINO CONCINI; Chapter 4 RICHELIEU; Chapter 5 MAZARIN; Chapter 6 FOUQUET; Chapter 7 MIRABEAU; Chapter 8 DANTON; Chapter 9 TALLEYRAND; Chapter 10 NAPOLEONIDES; Chapter 11 MORNY; Chapter 12 CLEMENCEAU; Chapter 13 EDGAR FAURE; Chapter 14 THE LAST MINUTE GUEST

Sommario/riassunto

From the courtesans of Versailles to the back halls of Chirac's government, from Danton - revealed to have been a paid agent for England - to the shady bankers of Mitterand's era, from the buddies of Mazarin to the builders of the Panama Canal, Paul Lomba