Following Napoleon's defeat and exile in 1814, the future of the
European continent hung in the balance. Eager to negotiate a
lasting, workable peace, representatives of Britain, Austria,
Prussia, and Russia--along with a host of lesser nations--gathered
in Vienna for an eight-month-long political carnival, combining
negotiations with balls, tournaments, picnics, artistic
performances, and other sundry forms of entertainment for the
thousands of assembled aristocrats. While the Congress of Vienna
resulted in an unprecedented level of European stability, the price
of peace would be shockingly high, with many crucial questions
ultimately decided on the battlefield or in squalid roadside
cottages amid the vagaries of war.
Internationally bestselling author Adam Zamoyski's "Rites of
Peace" is a meticulously researched, masterfully told account of
these extraordinary events and their profound historical
consequences, featuring a cast of some of the most influential and
powerful figures in history.
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