Table of Contents

Introduction: Luynes and the historians
1. A falconer from the Comtat
2. The king’s favorite
3. Concini’s murder
4. The rewards of favor
5. Friends of the favorite
6. Luynes and the court nobility
7. Luynes the minister
8. The siege of Montauban
9. The anti-Luynes campaign
Conclusion: Death of a favorite
Select bibliography
Index

About the Author

Sharon Kettering is Professor of History Emerita at Montgomery College in Maryland