A Brief History of the French Revolution

In 16 27, the city of la rochelle was taken after 14 months siege. The walls were raised and the citizens forbidden to maintain their own arms. Louis the fourteenth became king but his mother anne would be regent. She employed another famous name, cardinal mazarin as her chief minister. He was also a massive gambler, like anne and richelieu. But he died before the end of the 30 years war with England.