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Paperback. Pub the Date: April. 2005 Pages: 297 Publisher: Vintage Random House London of The life of Father Joseph. Cardinal Richelieu's aide. was a shocking paradox After spending his days directing operations on the battlefield Father Joseph would pass the night in. prayer. or in composing spiritual guidance for the nuns in his care. He was an aspirant to sainthood and a practising mystic. yet his ruthless exercise of power succeeded in prolonging the unspeakable horrors of the Thirty Years War. In his masterful biography. Huxley explores how an intensely religious man could lead such a life and how he could reconcile the seemingly opposing moral systems of religion and politics. (20040922)
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"Penetrating and vivid... This biography will rank amongst Huxley's best books. He never wrote better; he never hit upon a more interesting theme" (Sunday Times)
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"Grey Eminence is lucid, scholarly and thoughtful. Huxley has used all his ingenuity to explain this extraordinary character" (New Statesman)
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"A remarkable biography" (Observer)
"Grey Eminence is lucid, scholarly and thoughtful. Huxley has used all his ingenuity to explain this extraordinary character" (New Statesman)
Huxley's biography of the original éminence grise, a Capuchin monk who became Cardinal Richelieu's right-hand man and a powerful policitian, whilst remaining 'a man of God'
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