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Showing posts with label Cardinal Richelieu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cardinal Richelieu. Show all posts

Monday, September 09, 2019

Red Eminences

Today is the birthday of Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu, prelate and soldier (1585-1642). Accomplished, intellectual, multifaceted and fanatical, the Red Eminence was the main inspiration for one of my favorite characters, the scarlet-haired Yvain Essern, Earl of Roskerrek, otherwise known as Redbane in my Ryel Saga. 
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