Nevin's Funny Old Things

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Emperors, Burgers and Old Cucumbers

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Feb 02, 2025
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February 2

Born on this date in 1754, one of history’s most charming, loved, hated, plausible, serpentine and foxy rogues: Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Bishop of Autun, First Prince of Benevento, Prince of Talleyrand: ah, yes, the man from whom Diplomacy has never really recovered.

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