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 | #2602126 in eBooks |  2015-11-05 |  2015-11-05 | File type: PDF

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| High marks for a tale of high treason.....|By Charlie Quigley|There aren't many scholarly works that read as effortlessly as a good historical novel. But, like his previous works on Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans and Henri IV, Vincent Pitts has accomplished this again with he account of the trial of Nicolas Fouquet. He brings to life the atmosphere of mid-17th century France and i| ||"Pitts is a natural storyteller who draws the reader into the world of nobles and financiers. The book gives the reader a good sense of some of the main features of high politics of the time: court intrigue, shifting alliances, rivals scheming for power, shad

From 1661 to 1664, France was mesmerized by the arrest and trial of Nicolas Fouquet, the country’s superintendent of finance. Prosecuted on trumped-up charges of embezzlement, mismanagement of funds, and high treason, Fouquet managed to exonerate himself from all of the major charges over the course of three long years, in the process embarrassing and infuriating Louis XIV. The young king overturned the court’s decision and sentenced Fouquet to lifelong im...

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