Dorothée, Duchesse de Dino (1793–1862), was the confidante and niece-by-marriage of Talleyrand, and her memoirs covering 1836 to 1840 offer a privileged view of European diplomatic and aristocratic society in the years after the Congress of Vienna. Her diary records political events, court gossip, and intimate portraits of the statesmen and royalty she knew personally.
An acute observer with access to the highest levels of European power, Dino produced a memoir that is both a valuable historical document and an absorbing personal narrative. Download this free EPUB for a fascinating insider view of aristocratic Europe.