ORIGINAL PREFACE.
Our Author, John Francis Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de
Retz, Sovereign of Commercy, Prince of Euville, second
Archbishop of Paris, Abbot of Saint Denis in France,
was born at Montmirail...
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Jean Franois Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz Biographies (1)
A High Church figure and leader of a political faction, an admired preacher as well as a pamphleteer, the controversial cardinal de Retz remains best known in French literary history for his posthumou...
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The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz — Volume 1 [Historic court memoirs]
Jean-Francois-Paul de Gondi Retz