RICHELIEU. Profiles in Power Series.

Knecht, R.J. (Robert Jean Knecht.) [Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu - Cardinal Richelieu, 1585-1642.]

ISBN 10: 0582557100 / ISBN 13: 9780582557109

Published by London and New York: Longman Group UK Limited, 1991., 1991

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x, 259 pages. Paperback; H 21.5cm x L 13.75cm. Stiff paper covers with a few minor nicks at edges. Binding remains crisp and interior pages are bright and clean. A very good+ copy. ISBN 0582557100.

Seller Inventory # Z626X-2195

Bibliographic Details

• Title: RICHELIEU. Profiles in Power Series.
• Publisher: London and New York: Longman Group UK Limited, 1991.
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0582557100
• ISBN 13: 9780582557109
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
  • European History

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Synopsis

Book by Knecht, R. J.

From the Back Cover

'A devil and a popish one at that'

* Offers a convincing reassessment of Richelieu's ministerial career.
* Includes an examination of Richelieu's rise to power.
* Explores Richelieu's political objectives.
This concise and up-to-date assessment of Richelieu's career provides an enthralling introduction to the character and exercise of his power. Richelieu governed France for 18 years until his death and until the mid-20th century was viewed by Anglo-Saxon historians as cold, clever and ruthless. Recent interpretations have been more favorable and in this incisive study R. J. Knecht uses recent research to reassess Richelieu's career and achievements. And, as the other titles in the Profiles in Power series, this is not a full blown biography, though inevitably it contains much biographical material, it instead analyzes the major features, achievements and failures of Richelieu's career.

R.J. Knecht has written extensively on French history and his publications includes the Rise and fall of Renaissance France (1996) and The French Civil Wars 1562-1598 (2000).