Evaluates and discusses Hubert Carrier's `La Presse de la Fronde (1648--1653): les mazarinades. Vol. I:La Conquete de l'opinion'. As a report on meticulous research into the pamphlets of the Frondes; Consultation of collections abroad; Carrier's viewpoint as an old-fashioned royalist and absolutist; Criticisms of the minister and the regent; Examination as beyond the `mazarinades'.