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conversations.value: Give me a description for a story titled Grey Eminence about Father, Joseph, Cardinal with the genre: Literature & Fiction, History & Criticism.
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conversations.value: The life of Father Joseph, Cardinal Richelieu's aide, was a shocking paradox. After spending his days directing operations on the battlefield, Father Joseph would pass the night in prayer, or in composing spiritual guidance for the nuns in his care. He was an aspirant to sainthood and a practising mystic, yet his ruthless exercise of power succeeded in prolonging the unspeakable horrors of the Thirty Years War. In his masterful biography, the author explores how an intensely religious man could lead such a life and how he could reconcile the seemingly opposing moral systems of religion and politics.