
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.

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 …
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