La Duchesse. The Life of Marie de Vignerot-Cardinal Richelieu's Forgotten Heiress Who Shaped the Fate of France, Hardback/***

A rich portrait of a compelling, complex woman who emerged from a sheltered rural childhood into the fraught, often deadly world of the French royal court and Parisian high society-and who would come to rule them both. Publisher: Pegasus Books Illustration(s): 16 pages of color photographs Number of pages: 480 Publication date: 2023 Dimensions: 162 x 238 x 42 Cover type: Hardback