Eminence: Cardinal Richelieu and the Rise of France by Jean-Vincent Blanchard ISBN 13: 9780802717047

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Walker & Co, 2011-09-20. 1. hardcover. Used: Good.

Walker Publishing Company. New in New dust jacket. 2011. 1st U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 0802717047 . This specific hardback book is in new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in new condition with no discernible wear. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "Chief minister to King Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu was the architect of a new France in the seventeenth century, and the force behind the nation's rise as a European power. Among the first statesmen to clearly understand the necessity of a balance of powers, he was one of the early realist politicians, practicing in the wake of Niccolò Machiavelli. Truly larger than life, he has captured the imagination of generations, both through his own story and through his portrayal as a ruthless political mastermind in Alexandre Dumas's… Read More

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New York, N.Y.: Walker & Company, 2011. First U.S. Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Ves Pitts (Author photograph). vi, [2], 309, [3] pages. Illustrations (color). Includes Introduction, Conclusion, Acknowledgments, Map of France in 1630, Chronology, Principal Characters, Louis XIII's and Richelieu's Family Trees, Notes, Bibliography, and Index. Chapters include The Rise; The Testing, The Passion, and Conclusion. Jean-Vincent Blanchard is an associate professor of French and politics at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Born in Canada and raised in Europe, he earned his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1997. He is a specialist on pre-Revolutionary France, and has published on a broad range of subjects in politics, history, and the arts. Blanchard gives Cardinal Richelieu a tremendous depth of character through the re-creation of key, decisive moments over the course of his courtly career. He writes that Richelieu "allowed his countrymen to… Read More

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