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Thus, Even The Power Of A Queen Crowned At Saint-Denis Remained At The Mercy Of The Kings Pleasure.
Thus, Even The Power Of A Queen Crowned At Saint-Denis Remained At The Mercy Of The Kings Pleasure.
Thus, Even The Power Of A Queen Crowned At Saint-Denis Remained At The Mercy Of The Kings Pleasure.
Thus, Even The Power Of A Queen Crowned At Saint-Denis Remained At The Mercy Of The Kings Pleasure.
Thus, Even The Power Of A Queen Crowned At Saint-Denis Remained At The Mercy Of The Kings Pleasure.
Thus, Even The Power Of A Queen Crowned At Saint-Denis Remained At The Mercy Of The Kings Pleasure.
Thus, Even The Power Of A Queen Crowned At Saint-Denis Remained At The Mercy Of The Kings Pleasure.
Thus, Even The Power Of A Queen Crowned At Saint-Denis Remained At The Mercy Of The Kings Pleasure.
Thus, Even The Power Of A Queen Crowned At Saint-Denis Remained At The Mercy Of The Kings Pleasure.
Thus, Even The Power Of A Queen Crowned At Saint-Denis Remained At The Mercy Of The Kings Pleasure.

‘ Thus, even the power of a queen crowned at Saint-Denis remained at the mercy of the King’s pleasure. Richelieu was haunted by this idea of “disgrace” which was to remain his obsession.  He thought of the incredible fortune of the Concinis and of their sudden collapse, and looked for the faults and the errors that would lose triumphant favourites. There was no trace of discouragement in his morose reflections, no desire to give up the conquest of power. On the contrary. The ambitious man was thinking only of learning from this first defeat the salutary lessons that would one day lead him to victory. ’

—  Philippe Erlanger, Richelieu: l’ambitieux, le révolutionnaire, le dictateur

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