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Vice and virtue : men of history, great crooks for the greater good / Paul Lombard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lombard, Paul, 1927-
- Standardized Title:
- Vice et la vertu. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political corruption--France--History.
- Political corruption.
- Celebrities--France--Attitudes.
- Celebrities.
- France--Moral conditions--History.
- France.
- France--Politics and government--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Pub., c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- From the courtesans of Versailles to the back halls of Chirac's government, from Danton - revealed to have been a paid agent for England - to the shady bankers of Mitterand's era, from the buddies of Mazarin to the builders of the Panama Canal, Paul Lomba
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; Chapter 1 A BRIEF CHRONICLE OF ANTI-HEROES; Chapter 2 JACQUES COEUR; Chapter 3 ELEONORA AND CONCINO CONCINI; Chapter 4 RICHELIEU; Chapter 5 MAZARIN; Chapter 6 FOUQUET; Chapter 7 MIRABEAU; Chapter 8 DANTON; Chapter 9 TALLEYRAND; Chapter 10 NAPOLEONIDES; Chapter 11 MORNY; Chapter 12 CLEMENCEAU; Chapter 13 EDGAR FAURE; Chapter 14 THE LAST MINUTE GUEST
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-34657-4
- 9786610346578
- 1-892941-21-X
- OCLC:
- 476113772
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