Cardinal's Heir

Cardinal Richelieu is dead, a victim of poison. The throne of France, which he has long protected, is once more unstable as rival factions vie for power. But the Cardinal has appointed two heirs: one to his religious position, and one to head the elite spy ring that has maintained France''s fragile political balance. Francoise Marguerite de Palis, the Cardinal''s lovely but low born niece, is deva...