![]() ![]() de Richelieu's heads, he had cut off just one, the history of France might have been different indeed." ![]() ![]() If, when the Regent had enough proof to cut off four of M. ".The case of the Duc de Richelieu illustrates the fact that once a man has been convicted of treachery, he is better dead the traitor will always betray. ![]() If ever a house radiated cheerfulness, that house is Versailles no other building in the world is such a felicitious combination of palace and country house." of perpetual youth, of happy days out of doors and happy evenings chatting and gambling in the great wonderful palace. do not suggest that it often got the upper hand on the contrary they speak on and all, of a life without worries and without remorse. But the memoirs of the day and the accounts of the courtiers who lived through the Revolution. No doubt a life devoted to pleasure must sometimes show the reverse side of the medal and it is quite true that boredom was the enemy, to be vanquished by fair means or foul. "Nineteenth century historians, shocked by the contemplation of such a merry, pointless life, have been at great pains to emphasize the boredom from which, they say, the whole Court and the King suffered. ![]()
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