Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Complete: Intrigues and Power: A Cardinal's Memoirs of 17th Century France

"Memoirs of Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz — Complete" by Jean François Paul de Gondi de RetzJean François Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz was a French churchman, writer of memoirs, and agitator in the Fronde. Jean-François de Gondi was born in Montmirail, in the Brie region of northern France. He was tutored by St. Vincent de Paul and educated at the Sorbonne. When he was eighteen, he wrote Conjuration de Fiesque, a little historical essay, influenced by the Italian of Agostino Mascardi, and audaciously insinuating revolutionary principles which blossomed his talents as a writer.