<br>In the West, Cardinal Richelieu has come to embody that historical archetype of the scheming hand behind a king. Working his way up from minor nobility to the highest echelons of power in the ...

King Louis XIII of France is thrilled when his son is born--an heir to the throne. But his Queen has actually delivered twin boys. Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, ...

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 ...

Cardinal Richelieu (1585%E2%80%931642) may be best known from Alexander Dumas's The Three Musketeers as a man even more powerful than the French king. In this ...