Gray Grace. Huxley O.

A study of the life of an extraordinary and mysterious person, thanks to which (or through whose fault) the expression “gray cardinal” was included in all European languages. Richelieu, invariably standing behind the Cardinal, and played a key role in the European policy of the period of the thirty -year war. Some considered him a saint, others - a monster. Following the most severe rules of monastic piety and never wanting anything for himself, he nevertheless easily went to betrayal and crimes, if the matter was about state interests. Confident that he performs the highest will?..