by Daniel Dessert · Fayard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782213017051
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«Fouquet» is the historical biography of Nicolas Fouquet written by Daniel Dessert, published by Fayard in paperback (404 pages, in French).
Biography of Nicolas Fouquet, superintendent of finances under Louis XIV, reconstructing his rise, his fall after the festivities at Vaux-le-Vicomte, and his legend as a minister fallen from grace. Daniel Dessert challenges the cliché of the spendthrift and presents him as an effective reformer, rival of Colbert.
First edition published in Paris in 1987. The volume includes an index and bibliography (pages 390-393).
Work for those interested in French political history of the seventeenth century and in biographies of figures from the Ancien Régime.
