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Both Charlotta von Hardenberg and Madame de Staël had handsome figures, but the only other thing they had in common was Benjamin Constant. Charlotta was sweet and submissive, Madame de Stael brilliant but tyrannical. Constant couldn't make up his mind. Shuttling back and forth between them, the famed French intellectual debated for 15 years over which one he should take and which he should leave. Cécile is his demonstration of how variable a Constant...
...their way through Switzerland in the early 1800s, many a notable-among them Talleyrand and Madame de Stael-made a point of stopping at Yverdon. There, in an old castle, lived scores of waifs and orphans under the care of a gentle old man they all called "Father." His real name: Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi...
Perle's conception of herself as a combination Machiavelli and Madame de Stael makes White House aides smile quietly. Actually, she plays a more becoming role in the Administration: she entertains Harry Truman and his friends, gives pleasure in doing so, and gets pleasure from it. Said one aide flatly: "She has no more influence, policywise, than that post...
...house the Institute, the World Council had signed a five-year lease on the luxurious, 18th Century Château de Bossey at Céligny. ten miles from Geneva. In this elegant, vine-hung pleasure dome that once belonged to the brilliant Mme. de Stael,* 70-odd young men & women, selected as potential leaders, would study, think and talk Christianity...
...Mannish bluestocking Madame de Stael, trying to fascinate Napoleon (she had offered to be his mistress): "General, what woman do you like the best?" Napoleon: "The one I have...