The Albatross, Hamburg, 1932.  MMPB, 286 pages.  Good; wraps show edge and cover wear, corner bends, reading creases and a bit of soil; some marks at upper rear edge; age toning.  Owner’s name inked on front cover.  Interior clean and unmarked with lightly tanning pages.  Volume 30 in The Albatross Modern Continental Library series.  ‘France owes her national consolidation to the great Cardinal but to him also, in spite of himself, Prussia owes her rise to power.  By unintentionally raising Protestant against Catholic culture, Richelieu paved the way for the development of modern Europe.  Mr. Belloc contrasts his career with that of Bismarck with which it has so much in common, and analyses not only Richelieu’s character and motives but also what he did which was even more than what he intended to do.’ (from verso of front wrap)