Cardinal Richelieu and the Making of France
| Author | : Anthony Levi |
| Publisher | : Da Capo Press |
| Total Pages | : 327 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0786709316 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780786709311 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (311 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Cardinal Richelieu and the Making of France by : Anthony Levi
Download or read book Cardinal Richelieu and the Making of France written by Anthony Levi and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an extraordinary drama sweeping across seventeenth-century France, this probing biography of Cardinal Richelieu explores how a man of steely intelligence and ruthless ambition not only fulfilled his dreams of social prestige, personal wealth, and political power but at the same time realized his vision of a France unified as much by its culture as by its king.
