Excerpt from The Fascinating Duc De Richelieu: Louis Francois Armand Du Plessis (1696-1788) The number of important works on the social, military, and diplomatic history of the eighteenth century which have appeared since Lescure wrote have added materially to our knowledge of Richelieu, particularly in regard to his first imprisonment in the Bastille, his relations with the Regent's daughter, Mademoiselle de Valois, afterwards Duchess of Modena, his mission to Dresden, his defence of Genoa, the Minorca expedition, and his ...
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Excerpt from The Fascinating Duc De Richelieu: Louis Francois Armand Du Plessis (1696-1788) The number of important works on the social, military, and diplomatic history of the eighteenth century which have appeared since Lescure wrote have added materially to our knowledge of Richelieu, particularly in regard to his first imprisonment in the Bastille, his relations with the Regent's daughter, Mademoiselle de Valois, afterwards Duchess of Modena, his mission to Dresden, his defence of Genoa, the Minorca expedition, and his campaign Of I757 in Germany; and in introducing the marshal to English and American readers, I am able to Offer them what, I venture to believe, is not only a complete, but an authentic, account Of a very remarkable career. 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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