Ollivier himself held the ministry of foreign affairs for a few weeks, until Daru was replaced by the duc de Gramont, destined to be Ollivier's evil genius.
On August 9, with the news of the first disaster, the Ollivier cabinet was driven from office, and its chief sought refuge from the general rage in Italy.
Ollivier's own view of his political life is given in his L'Empire libéral, which must always be an important "document" for the history of his time; but the book must be treated with no less caution than respect.
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