Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Volume 1

Name: Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Volume 1
Author: Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz

by Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz

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Project Gutenberg

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2004-12-02

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Public domain in the USA.

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France -- Court and courtiers France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715 Mazarin, Jules, 1602-1661

About the author

Jean François Paul de Gondi de Retz

1613–1679

A churchman at the center of 17th-century French politics, he is remembered less for quiet clerical life than for intrigue, rebellion, and the vivid memoirs that grew out of it. His story moves through court power struggles, imprisonment, escape, and a sharp-eyed account of the age of the Fronde.

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