The Count-Duke of Olivares: The Statesman in an Age of Decline by J.H. Elliott

The Count-Duke of Olivares: The Statesman in an Age of Decline

J.H. Elliott

738 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
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Don Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares (1587-1645), was the principal minister and favourite of Philip IV of Spain, and for two decades he guided the destinies of the country that was still the greatest power in the world. A dominant figure ...

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