Formidable in appearance, memory, mind, and fearsome of temper, he attracted genuine devotion and knew how to charm people. Monstrously egotistical and surrounded by adoration, he nevertheless kept a reasonable grasp on the possible; forever taking false steps in politics, he emerged essentially unbeaten and superficially victorious in nearly everything he attempted to do. Though cold, self-centred, ungiving, and forever suspicious of the ways of the world, he could not descend to the second ste...Les mer

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