The King’s Cardinals: Richelieu and Mazarin, A Contrast in Dictatorship, multiple manuscript and typescript drafts, 1994 - 1997
Scope and Contents
The personal and professional activities of British Catholic author Anthony Rhodes are documented through articles, clippings, correspondence, diaries, manuscripts, notes, and photographs. Also included are materials related to Rhodes's interest in dictatorship and worldly power.
Highlights include: correspondence between Rhodes and his friends Frank Campos and Joseph Boyle; drafts of novels, essays, poems, short stories, translations, and research notes, including: D’Annunzio: The Poet as Superman; Flanders 1940 and Other Poems; and The King’s Cardinals, The Power of Rome in the Twentieth Century; and thirty-seven diaries covering Rhodes's World War II military service, notably the retreat at Dunkirk; his travels throughout Europe; and his time in London. Also of note is a scrapbook about the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, which Rhodes witnessed.
Dates
- Creation: 1994 - 1997
Creator
- From the Collection: Rhodes, Anthony, 1916-2004 (Person)
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Full Extent
From the Sub-Series: 3.75 Linear Feet (9 containers)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the John J. Burns Library Repository
John J. Burns Library
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