Arthur Hassall: 4 books

Arthur Hassall was a well-known 19th century writer who wrote on several topics, including religious biographies. Mazarin is a thorough biography of Cardinal Mazarin, an influential 17th century French minister.

Arthur Hassall was a well-known 19th century writer who wrote on several topics, including this one about the legendary French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

Louis XIV, known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who reigned as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. Starting on 14 May 1643 when Louis was 4 years old, his reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest recorded of any monarch of a sovereign...

It seems inevitable that Mazarin will always suffer by comparison with Richelieu. The latter, who has been described as the greatest political genius which France has ever produced, appeals to the imagination by the firmness and the success of his policy. The ability with which he managed the foreign...