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Drazin, Charles, 1960-
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Fouquet, Nicolas, 1615-1680.
Statesmen -- France -- Biography.
France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
France -- Courts and courtiers -- Biography.
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Drazin, Charles, 1960-
Fouquet, Nicolas, 1615-1680.
Statesmen -- France -- Biography.
France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
France -- Courts and courtiers -- Biography.
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The man who outshone the Sun King : a life of gleaming opulence and wretched reversal in the reign of Louis XIV / Charles Drazin.
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Drazin, Charles, 1960-
Da Capo Press, 2008.
Call #:
944
.033
F772d
Subjects
Fouquet, Nicolas, 1615-1680.
Statesmen -- France -- Biography.
France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
France -- Courts and courtiers -- Biography.
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ISBN:
9780306817571
0306817578
Edition:
1st Da Capo Press ed.
Description:
xi, 338 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London : William Heinemann, 2007.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 310-328) and index.
Summary:
"Late in 1664, the musketeer D’Artagnan rode beside a carriage as it left Paris, carrying his friend Nicolas Fouquet to life imprisonment in a cell next door to the Man in the Iron Mask. From a glorious zenith as Louis XIV’s first minister and Cardinal Mazarin’s prote;ge; and eventual protector; builder of the stunningly opulent chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte; and patron of the arts and lover of beautiful women, Fouquet had suffered a wretched decline. The story of the rise and fall of Nicolas Fouquet is both compelling and unforgettable. Charles Drazin’s beautifully written and vivid account brings to life Fouquet’s remarkable gains in fortune, influence, and power, as well as the lavish and hazardous world of the royal court in seventeenth-century France." -- Publisher description.
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