Cavour

by Maurice Paléologue

Excerpt from Cavour

But the Prince, who was devoid of intelligence and still more of knowledge, took not the slightest interest in the well-informed explanations proffered by his Royal guide. He displayed the most complete indifference to the celebrated remains of pagan and Christian Rome - to the Seven Columns, the Forum, the triumphal arches, the basilicas and palaces, and even to the Coliseum. His mind was occupied exclu sively with thoughts of pleasures of a different order with which he intended to pass the evening.

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320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1926

About the author

Maurice Paléologue (1859 -1944) was a French diplomat, historian, and essayist. He played a major role in the French entry into the First World War, when he was the French ambassador to Russia and supported the Russian mobilization against Germany that led to world war.