Luis Henrique

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The second Treaty of Paris, signed on the evening of 20 November, made reference to the first treaty and to the Final Act, with the deliberate intention of linking all the agreements reached over the past eighteen months into an interdependent package. It was also accompanied by the signature of a fresh treaty that went far beyond the matter in hand, and one particularly close to Castlereagh’s heart.
Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna
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