Autor: Arthur Hassall

Richelieu died on the 5th of December 1642; on the following day Louis XIII. announced that he had chosen Mazarin to be First Minister. Giulio Mazarini, or Jules Mazarin, as the French call him, was …

Louis XIV, known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who reigned as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. Starting on 14 May 1643 when Louis was 4 …

It seems inevitable that Mazarin will always suffer by comparison with Richelieu. The latter, who has been described as the greatest political genius which France has ever produced, appeals to the …

Arthur Hassall was a well-known 19th century writer who wrote on several topics, including this one about the legendary French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. …

Arthur Hassall was a well-known 19th century writer who wrote on several topics, including religious biographies. Mazarin is a thorough biography of Cardinal Mazarin, an influential 17th century Fr …

It seems inevitable that Mazarin will always suffer by comparison with Richelieu. The latter, who has been described as the greatest political genius which France has ever produced, appeals to the im …