You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
Excerpt from The Fascinating Duc De Richelieu: Louis Francois Armand Du Plessis (1696-1788) The number of important works on the social, military, and diplomatic history of the eighteenth century which have appeared since Lescure wrote have added materially to our knowledge of Richelieu, particularly in regard to his first imprisonment in the Bastille, his relations with the Regent's daughter, Mademoiselle de Valois, afterwards Duchess of Modena, his mission to Dresden, his defence of Genoa, the Minorca expedition, and his campaign Of I757 in Germany; and in introducing the marshal to English and American readers, I am able to Offer them what, I venture to believe, is not only a complete, bu...
"Prince Eugene of Savoy (French: François-Eugène de Savoie, German: Eugen von Savoyen, Italian: Principe Eugenio di Savoia-Carignano; 18 October 1663 ? 21 April 1736), was one of the most successful military commanders in modern European history, rising to the highest offices of state at the Imperial court in Vienna."--Wikipedia.