Cardinal de Richelieu - Free Audiobook

Language: English

Author(s): Eleanor C. Price,

Genre(s): War & Military, Biography & Autobiography,

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Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu (1585-1642), the dreaded red eminence, mentor and manager of Louis XIII, skilled in logistics, he subdued in battle the unruly Huguenot aristocracy, successfully resisted France's encirclement by the Hapsburg Empire, and laid the foundation for the absolute monarchy of Louis XIV. - Summary by Pamela Nagami