{"product_id":"the-count-duke-of-olivares-the-statesman-in-an-age-of-decline-paperback","title":"The Count-Duke of Olivares: The Statesman in an Age of Decline - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. H. Elliott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterful biography of Don Gaspar de Guzmán, Count Duke of Olivares--righthand advisor to Spain's Philip IV, archrival of Cardinal Richelieu, and a central figure in seventeenth-century Europe. Written by the eminent historian J. H. Elliott and based on many original sources, this elegant book is a landmark in the study of a man and an age.\u003cbr\u003e\"A monument of scholarship almost unique in our time. ... Professor Elliott has written what must rank as the finest biography ever written on a Spanish statesman.\"--Raymond Carr, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A wonderful life of Olivares and his time. ... An exceptional biography.\"--Harold Stone, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"One of the outstanding works of Spanish historical scholarship written this century.\"--Henry Kamen, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A perfect blend of biography and history, which brilliantly evokes both the man his milieu. The research is prodigious, the exposition is on the grandest scale, and the book is as much a delight to handle as it is to read.\"--David Cannadine, \u003ci\u003eNew Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWinner of the 1986 Wolfson Prize in History\u003cbr\u003eJ. H. Elliott is professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He is the author of numerous books, including, \u003ci\u003eSpain and its World 1500-1700\u003c\/i\u003e and, with Jonathan Brown, \u003ci\u003eA Palace for a King: The Buen Retiro and the Court of Philip IV\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 738\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.64 x 9.21 x 6.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42115300491344,"sku":"9780300044997","price":154.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/K0xQOVJNVWVWNUJZWnJVMmVHSVoydz09.webp?v=1772776251","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-count-duke-of-olivares-the-statesman-in-an-age-of-decline-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}