Cardinal Richelieu and the making of France
By: Anthony Levi.
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
Subjects: Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de, 1585-1642; Statesmen -- France -- Biography; Cardinals -- France -- Biography; France -- History -- Louis XIII, 1610-1643
Genres: Biography.
Description: "The story of Cardinal Richelieu is one of high drama, ruthless ambition and political intrigue - Anthony Levi's biography reveals the extent of this great seventeenth-century statesman's scheming to gain state control over all cultural activities in order to further his aim of unifying France."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-311) and index.