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Richelieu

Richelieu

by Hilaire Belloc, Michael Crowdy

1929HistoryBiographyStatesmenCardinalsHistoire
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Examines Cardinal Richelieu's life and career focusing on his family and Catholic heritage, and describes how these two aspects demonstrate the development of Richelieu's character, philosophy, and religious principles. Is accompanied by several black-and-white illustrations.

Themes & subjects

HistoryBiographyStatesmenCardinalsHistoireRichelieu, armand jean du plessis, duc de, 1585-1642
First published 1929

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Setting

FranceLouis XIII, 1610-1643

About the author

Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc

27 July 1870 – 16 July 1953

Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc was born in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France, the son of a French father, who was an attorney, and an English mother, who was an author. In 1872, his father died in 1872, leaving the family destitute, and his mother moved with Belloc to Slindon, West Sussex, where he spent most of his childhood. He was educated at John Henry Newman's Oratory School in Edgbaston, Birmingham, and then volunteered to serve in the French Army. He was posted in an artillery regiment near Toul in 1891. After his release from the military, he studied history at Oxford University, graduating in 1895. In 1896, he married Elodie Hogan, an American, and published his first book, a book of …

Authors

Hilaire Belloc, Michael Crowdy

First published

1929

Pages

392

Read time

≈ 10h

Editions

20

Languages

English, cze

Publisher

Garden City Publishing Co., Inc.

ISBN

9781605700113

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