the Cardinal and the Queen Author:Evelyn Anthony Amid the soft, scented corruption of the royal court, the mighty Cardinal Richelieu had held himself aloof as he wove his subtle net of intrigue. But when this steele-nerved man beheld the young Queen Anne, so beautiful and still a virgin after three long years of marriage, his brillant mind became a servant of his lust. — With the same determina... more »tion and dark passion that had made him the King's most powerful minister, the Cardinal vowed that proud Queen Anne would be his-regardless of her fears regardless of her will...« less