La Duchesse : the life of Marie de Vignerot : Cardinal Richelieu's forgotten heiress who shaped the fate of France / Bronwen McShea.

"A rich portrait of a compelling, complex woman who emerged from a sheltered rural childhood into the fraught, often deadly world of the French royal court and Parisian high society--and who would come to rule them both"-- Marie de Vignerot was intended to lead an ordinary aristocratic life, produce...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McShea, Bronwen (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Pegasus Books, 2023.
Edition:First Pegasus books cloth edition.
Subjects:
Aiguillon, Marie Madeleine de Vignerot, > duchesse d', > 1604-1675.
Nobility > France > Biography.
Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, > duc de, > 1585-1642 > Family.
France > History > Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
France > History > Louis XIII, 1610-1643.
Aiguillon, Marie Madeleine de Vignerot, > duchesse d', > 1604-1675 > Influence.
Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, > duc de, > 1585-1642.
Families.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Nobility.
France.
1610-1715
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Physical Description:xiv, 466 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Duchesse
Life of Marie de Vignerot
Format: Book

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