Episode 59 - Talleyrand, the French diplomat who betrayed everyone - and always survived, with special guest Michael Broers

Episode 59 - Talleyrand, the French diplomat who betrayed everyone - and always survived, with special guest Michael Broers

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord was the ultimate political survivor of the Napoleonic Era—a diplomat who served kings, revolutionaries, emperors, and restorations, often betraying each one to stay alive and in power.


In this episode, special guest Michael Broers will trace Talleyrand’s extraordinary career from bishop of the Ancien Régime, to revolutionary power broker, to Napoleon’s foreign minister, and finally architect of the Bourbon Restoration. We examine how Talleyrand helped shape Europe through diplomacy rather than armies, negotiating treaties, manipulating rivals, and quietly preparing for the fall of regimes he publicly served.


The story follows his uneasy relationship with Napoleon, whom he both advised and secretly undermined, his role in reshaping Europe after Waterloo at the Congress of Vienna, and why every ruler who dismissed him later realized they needed him.


Was Talleyrand a cynical traitor, a realist who understood power better than anyone else, or the most effective diplomat in modern history? This episode explores the man who proved that survival—not loyalty—was the highest political skill in an age of revolution and empire.


If you’re fascinated by Napoleonic intrigue, backroom politics, and the hidden forces that shape history, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.


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Episode 161 - Naval Tactics of the Napoleonic Era, with special guest Joshua Meeks

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Episode 160 - Double episode! Generals La Bédoyère and Cambronne, with special guest Jonathan North

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Episode 159 - 🤍 30 things to love about the Napoleonic Era, with special guest Joshua Provan

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Episode 158 - General Wittgenstein, the Savior of St. Petersburg, with special guest Jimmy Chen

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Episode 157 - General Desaix, the "Just Sultan" of Napoleon's army, with special guest Charles Mackay

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Episode 156 - the Battles of Wavre & Plancenoit, the sideshows of Waterloo, with special guest Graeme Callister

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Episode 155 - General Scharnhorst, the brain of the Prussian army, with special guest Ethan Soefje

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