Throughout Prince Metternich''s glittering and successful career he sought to free Europe from the forces unleashed by the French Revolution. He was an enemy of change, despised by republicans and feared by radicals. Metternich''s acute skill for diplomacy was instrumental in creating alliances to reverse dangerous republicanism and restore Europe''s legitimate monarchies to their thrones.-Print ed.

English translation of Aus Metternich''s nachgelassenen Papieren