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Éminence : Cardinal Richelieu and the rise of France / Jean-Vincent Blanchard.
Van Pelt Library DC123.9.R5 B53 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blanchard, Jean-Vincent, 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de, 1585-1642.
- Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis.
- Cardinals--France--Biography.
- Cardinals.
- France.
- Statesmen--France--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- France--History--Louis XIII, 1610-1643.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 309 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 25cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Other Title:
- Cardinal Richelieu and the rise of France
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Walker & Co., 2011.
- Summary:
- Captures the rise to power of a seminal figure who was instrumental in creating France as we know it.
- Contents:
- I: The rise
- Toward a coup d'etat (1617)
- Wars of a mother and a son (1617-1620)
- Jupiter's favor (1621-1624)
- II: The testing
- Angel or demon? (1624-1626)
- Wonder by the sea (1627-1628)
- Great storm (1629-1930)
- III: The passion
- Restless dragon (1631-1634)
- War (1635-1637)
- Turning points (1638-1640)
- The final scene (1641-1642)
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-296) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780802717047
- 0802717047
- OCLC:
- 701806397
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