S1E8 -8 _ Talleyrand and the XYZ Affair

First of a three-episode look at Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, prince de Bénévent focusing on the XYZ Affair.

Sources used: https://blogs.loc.gov/international-collections/2019/03/talleyrand-a-diplomat-par-excellence/

https://www.quora.com/Why-was-Talleyrand-so-feared-by-many-How-scary-was-Talleyrand

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Maurice-de-Talleyrand-prince-de-Benevent

https://www.thoughtco.com/charles-maurice-de-talleyrand-4176840

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1784-1800/xyz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Maurice_de_Talleyrand-P%C3%A9rigord

https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-xyz-affair

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-xyz-affair-4175006

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/03/john-adams-xyz-affair-1245500

https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/xyz-affair/

https://thehistoryjunkie.com/the-xyz-affair-facts-and-impact/

http://talleyrand.org/TalleyrandBe/

https://historica.fandom.com/wiki/Charles_de_Talleyrand

http://www.niterose.tersonodesign.com/trand.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3663258/Seduction-played-on-a-grand-scale.html

http://www.robinsonlibrary.com/history/france/france/19th/talleyrand.htm

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/03/what-theresa-may-could-learn-from-talleyrand/

https://www.napoleon-series.org/research/government/diplomatic/c_quasi.html

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