THE death of Concini and the fall of Mary de Medici seemed at first to effect a complete revolution. The rebellion of the nobles was at an end; in fact, they were received at court as if they had been fighting the king's battles against his enemies But they soon discovered that the change of policy was not so complete as it appeared at first. They were jealously excluded from the royal council. Condé, on whose release they had confidently reckoned, was removed from the Bastille to Vincennes, but his prison doors were as securely guarded as ever. The nobles realised that the ascendency of the king's favourite was as intolerable as that of Concini. Nothing had happened to reconcile the hostile interests of the monarchy and the aristocracy...
The World Through a Magnifying Glass
Luca Dellanna
bookMonetary System
Fouad Sabry
bookThe Great Depression and the New Deal
Eric Rauchway
audiobookWilliam Pitt the Younger
audiobookThe Embarrassment of Riches : An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
Simon Schama
audiobookWhen Free Markets Fail : Saving the Market When It Can't Save Itself
Scott McCleskey
audiobookBagehot : The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian
James Grant
audiobookThe Families of Eleanor of Aquitaine
J.F. Andrews
audiobookAgincourt
Anne Curry
audiobookPrompt and Utter Destruction
J. Samuel Walker
audiobookAmerican Discontent
John L. Campbell
audiobookThe Brompton
William Butler-Adams, Dan Davies
audiobook