Cardinal Richelieu

Cardinal Richelieu
ISBN-10
153126753X
ISBN-13
9781531267537
Category
History
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2018-01-19
Publisher
Ozymandias Press
Author
Richard Lodge

Description

THE death of Concini and the fall of Mary de Medici seemed at first to effect a complete revolution. The rebellion of the nobles was at an end; in fact, they were received at court as if they had been fighting the king's battles against his enemies But they soon discovered that the change of policy was not so complete as it appeared at first. They were jealously excluded from the royal council. Condé, on whose release they had confidently reckoned, was removed from the Bastille to Vincennes, but his prison doors were as securely guarded as ever. The nobles realised that the ascendency of the king's favourite was as intolerable as that of Concini. Nothing had happened to reconcile the hostile interests of the monarchy and the aristocracy...

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