Excerpt from Secret History of the French Court Under Richelieu and Mazarin: Or, Life and Times of Madame De Chevreuse Madame Chevreuse coped with Richelieu in the adroit political intrigues which marked the close of the reign of Louis XIII. And excited the admiration of all Europe and in Cardinal Mazarin's memorable struggle at the beginning of his ministry and of the regency against the Importants (those predeces sors of the he encountered no more powerful adversary or none who gave him more anxiety than she. The author ...
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Excerpt from Secret History of the French Court Under Richelieu and Mazarin: Or, Life and Times of Madame De Chevreuse Madame Chevreuse coped with Richelieu in the adroit political intrigues which marked the close of the reign of Louis XIII. And excited the admiration of all Europe and in Cardinal Mazarin's memorable struggle at the beginning of his ministry and of the regency against the Importants (those predeces sors of the he encountered no more powerful adversary or none who gave him more anxiety than she. The author in his romantic memoir only rapidly sketches the early and the later life of his sub ject, dwelling most upon her career as an actress in the great drama of 1643 and his work was intended to be not so much the story of one of the most brilliant female politicians that France has ever produced, as a revelation of the secret history of the French Court under Richelieu and Mazarin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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