My favourite Cardinal Richelieu: Monty Python — Court Scene - Simon Dillon

As the antagonist of the novel, Dumas portrays Richelieu as a conniving, scheming, Machiavellian figure who was only out for personal gain and was, at his core, the enemy of the king. Nothing could be further from the truth. He was no angel (there has never been a politician who was), but Richelieu faithfully and ably served King Louis XIII for over 25 years. Sadly, what we “remember” about him today is the backstabbing Richelieu of fiction, just as generat…
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My favourite Cardinal Richelieu: Monty Python — Court Scene
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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