Many Thanks

I have many thanks for you. You have eased my fears of my Russia being taken by Naploen but now we must continue to resist him with all of our might. We have lost many this time and it would anger me so if we would have fallen to the French. Let Russia live on in peace.

However, I hope your intentions wern't for naught. I know a little about you and your ways. None the less i have no choice but to trust your words. You are in a high position and a powerful asset to me. That is why I've decided to appoint you as an agent of Russia. You must work in secret.

Untill we meet again,

Czar Alexander

My Dear Nephew

How are you my boy? I hope that you have applied my teachings well to your everyday life. I hear from the great vine that you have become a bishop. I couldn't be more proud of you. I know you'll ammount to greatness.

I am pleased to hear that you have taken on a more political path in life. Unike your counterparts, you will have to work hard to earn the trust of the people. May the Church guide you on your way. And may God bless you, son.

Your loving uncle,
Alexandre

Please

Charles, I know you are reluctant of our marriage, but please for our own sakes we have to make this work. Your marriage to me is what is best for you, not that other woman, Anne Louise Germaine de Staël or who ever she is. Have you no pride in your country; she is Swiss!

What am I saying? I'm not perfect either but what can i do? I want you to return to England and stay with me. I don't want to be married to a ghost of a man. Please Charles settle.

-Catherine

Napoleon, Napoleon....

Napoleon's lust for power runs way too deep. He will destory our beautiful country. His greed is foolish; he has so much talent yet I see it comsumed by this greed. I feel I can no longer work by his side.

Ssshh...don't tell Napoleon, but I have been working with "hostile countries." They pay well and have reserved me my spot in the Congress in Vienna. I have told Czar Alexander that Napoleon is of no true threat to him. I hope to make peace with the Congress, for France itself is not the problem the problem is Napoleon and his insufficant forgien policies. My only resentment towards the Congress is their reluctance to admit France and Spain as opinion holding and influencing countries. But, none the less I signed a peace treaty with the Four Great Powers.

A little about myself

My full name is Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord but you may call me Charles. I grew up in a wealthy family that had a large military background. I was supposed to continue the military legacy of the Counts of Talleyrand, but alas I was born a cripple. Despite my disadvantage my beloved Uncle encouraged me to get involved with the church. By 1779 I became a priest and a representative in 1780. Later, due to my family's influence I was appointed Bishop of Autun.

During the Revolution I represented members of the Frist Estate in the Estates General. Unlike most of the others in the Clergy I supported the Declaration of the Rights of Man (helped write it actually...your welcom people of France) and designed the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.

I have lived through the Revolution and Napoleon but I myself am not one for violence and mistreatment. I believe in being a good individual. "Regimes may fall and fail, but I do not"