Cardinal’s Loot
J.M. Roberts, 23 January 1986
Cardinal Richelieu: Power and the Pursuit of Wealth
by Joseph Bergin.
Yale, 341 pp., £20, November 1985,0 300 03495 4 Show More
by Joseph Bergin.
Yale, 341 pp., £20, November 1985,
Rich and Poor in Grenoble 1600-1814
by Kathryn Norberg.
California, 366 pp., £31.95, October 1985,0 520 05260 9 Show More
by Kathryn Norberg.
California, 366 pp., £31.95, October 1985,
France 1789-1815: Revolution and Counter-Revolution
by D.M.G. Sutherland.
Collins/Fontana, 493 pp., £14.95, October 1985,0 00 197178 6 Show More
by D.M.G. Sutherland.
Collins/Fontana, 493 pp., £14.95, October 1985,
“... the absolute monarchy of France, but has hardly, until now, been studied as a millionaire. Yet Dr Bergin came to his theme almost by accident. While looking for something entirely different in the Paris archives, he noticed in the catalogue a reference to five volumes of materials relating to Richelieu’s affairs. A year later he called them up to begin ‘a ... ”