Talleyrand in New England: Reality and Legend
1943; The MIT Press; Volume: 16; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/361026
ISSN1937-2213
Autores Tópico(s)American Environmental and Regional History
ResumoAMONG the royalist emigres who fled from France during , the year 1792 was Charles-Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand, who crossed the Channel to England after the overthrow of the monarchy on August lo. There he remained, hoping, like most of his fellow-exiles, for the defeat of the revolutionists and the day of his safe return. The passage of the Alien Bill, however, implemented in his case by a royal writ, forced him to leave Britain on short notice. Under this urgency, he boarded a vessel sailing for the United States on February 3, 1794. Prior to leaving, he relates that he approached a retired American general living in England for letters of introduction. To the general's answer, I am perhaps the only American who cannot give you letters for his own country, Talleyrand added with something of a flourish, It was General Arnold! 1
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