Cardinal de Richelieu

About this film

LibriVox recording of Cardinal de Richelieu by Eleanor C. Price. Read in English by Pamela Nagami Armand-Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu (1585-1642), the dreaded red eminence, mentor and manager of Louis XIII, skilled in logistics, he subdued in battle the unruly Huguenot aristocracy, successfully resisted France's encirclement by the Hapsburg Empire, and laid the foundation for the absolute monarchy of Louis XIV. - Summary by Pamela Nagami For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook part 1 (154MB) M4B Audiobook part 2 (171MB)

Directors & creators

Eleanor C. Price

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;Spain; Catholic Church; French history; thirty years' war; marie de' medici; huguenot; day of the dupes; louis xiii; palais-royale; hapsburg empire

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