Memoires du Cardinal de Retz /: 4 [French]

By Jean François Paul de Gondi

Les "M moires du Cardinal de Retz" offrent un aper u fascinant de la France du XVIIe si cle, vue travers les yeux d'un acteur majeur de son poque. Jean-Fran ois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz, fut un homme d' glise, un politicien et un crivain dont la vie tumultueuse se refl te dans ses crits. Ces m moires, crits avec une plume ac r e et un sens aigu de l'observation, plongent le lecteur au coeur des intrigues de la cour et des conflits politiques qui ont marqu le r gne de Louis XIV et la p riode de la Fronde.

travers ses r cits, Retz dresse un portrait vivant des personnalit s influentes de son temps, d voilant leurs ambitions, leurs faiblesses et leurs jeux de pouvoir. Plus qu'un simple r cit historique, ces m moires sont une analyse p n trante de la nature humaine et des m canismes du pouvoir. "M moires du Cardinal de Retz" est une oeuvre incontournable pour qui s'int resse l'histoire de France et la litt rature m morialiste.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 1179178173
• ISBN13: 9781179178172
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Nabu Press
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"