Red Robe and Grey Robe, Or Richelieu Defied (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Red Robe and Grey Robe, or Richelieu Defied <p>It was towards the close of August, in the Year of Grace, 1618. <p>Albeit stretched on the rack, for the taxes and exactions of petty lords who tormented sunny France, Nature remained insensible to the fret of little man, however dressed, in cloth of gold, in homespun or clerical black, and the landscape was beauteous around and in the bourg of Richelieu. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.