Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44252Written in three volumes, this fictionalized biography of Richelieu is supposedly based on a manuscript that fell into the author's hands and written by someone intimately acquainted with the facts. Cardinal Richelieu was a powerful French statesman and there is still some debate as to whether he was a great statesman or a cunning fiend. Maybe he was a bit of both. He rose to power under the regency of Mary de Medici and contrived to keep Louis XIII subservient and powerless. He was famous for his foreign policy, but also his scheming to maintain domestic disharmony and bring about the destruction of the aristocracy. It was a time of lawlessness in the country, a situation he overlooked, or maybe even encouraged. This is James's most famous work. (Summary by LynneT)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44253
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[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Payne_Rainsford_James (George Payne Rainsford James)
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[*]Original publication date (if known): 1829
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Biography & Autobiography; Historical Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: paris, France, aristocracy, louis xiii, foreign policy, mary de medici
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Very well done as always. Section 4 is PL ok.