This short biography of the dreaded red eminence, by the Anglo-French writer and educator, Gustave Masson, combines French wit and English clarity. We see Richelieu as he really was, a gifted and relentless champion of the rising French state and a besotted author of terrible plays. This is a panoramic survey of France in the time of Louis XIII--her overweening aristocrats, her writers great and small, her grand ladies, and her terrible injustices, as when the hapless priest, Urbain Grandier, is sent to the stake for abetting the demonic possession of the nuns of Loudun. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)
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Chapter 1: Early Days--The French Court, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 20:46
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Chapter 1: Early Days--The French Court, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 20:50
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Chapter 2: The Huguenots, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 18:19
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Chapter 2: The Huguenots, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 19:20
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Chapter 3: The Gallican Church, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 19:23
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Chapter 3: The Gallican Church, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 20:00
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Chapter 3: The Gallican Church, Pt. 3 Read by Pamela Nagami 24:21
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Chapter 4: The Aristocracy, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 21:02
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Chapter 4: The Aristocracy, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 26:35
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Chapter 4: The Aristocracy, Pt. 3 Read by Pamela Nagami 15:59
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Chapter 4: The Aristocracy, Pt. 4 Read by Pamela Nagami 21:49
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Chapter 5: Foreign Policy, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 17:58
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Chapter 5: Foreign Policy, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 22:24
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Chapter 5: Foreign Policy, Pt. 3 Read by Pamela Nagami 19:22
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Chapter 6: Administration and Police, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 15:19
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Chapter 6: Administration and Police, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 15:53
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Chapter 6: Administration and Police, Pt. 3 Read by Pamela Nagami 18:51
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Chapter 6: Administration and Police, Pt. 4 Read by Pamela Nagami 19:01
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Chapter 7: The University of Paris, the Jesuits and the Collège of France--Philosophy and Erudition, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 21:01
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Chapter 7: The University of Paris, the Jesuits and the Collège of France--Philosophy and Erudition, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 16:09
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Chapter 7: The University of Paris, the Jesuits and the Collège of France--Philosophy and Erudition, Pt. 3 Read by Pamela Nagami 15:55
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Chapter 7: The University of Paris, the Jesuits and the Collège of France--Philosophy and Erudition, Pt. 4 Read by Pamela Nagami 17:29
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Chapter 8: Literature, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 22:28
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Chapter 8: Literature, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 22:01
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Chapter 8: Literature, Pt. 3 Read by Pamela Nagami 20:28
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Chapter 9: Fine Arts--General Summary, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 19:59
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Chapter 9: Fine Arts--General Summary, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 18:05
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Chapter 9: Fine Arts--General Summary, Pt. 3 Read by Pamela Nagami 15:27
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Chapter 9: Fine Arts--General Summary, Pt. 4 Read by Pamela Nagami 16:38
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