François de Leclerc du Tremblay: Mendicant, Puller of Strings, and the Original Grey Eminence
Gregg Gassman, Popeular History and Cardinal Numbers
How did this man go from vowing poverty, chastity, and obedience to the go-to case study of a master of manipulation? Was Cardinal Richelieu’s protege really the “Gray Eminence” he’s remembered as? What did the Church think of all this?
Popeular History
History through Pope-colored glasses, including a rexypod ranking all the Cardinals of the Catholic Church from the Catacombs to Kingdom Come.