Excerpt from Metternich Of books specially dealing with Metternich's career the following will be found useful. There is, of course, the Autobiography. It is valuable as illustrating the standpoint of Austria in the diplomatic situations of the period, the character of Metternich, and, to a certain extent, his domestic life. As an authority it must be used upon the principle that when it conflicts with other authorities, the latter are probably correct. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.