Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu, better known as Cardinal Richelieu, epitomizes political realism. With his principle that reason of state precedes any other consideration, he stands ...
RICHELIEU by D. P. O’Connell. 436 pages. World. $10. It was the worst of times: the first half of the 17th century. Spain rotted. The German principalities writhed. Sweden, France, Spain and even ...