by Anatole France, J. Cordey · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782905563194
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«Le Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte. Etude Historique» is the historical study by Anatole France and J. Cordey, published by Les Presses du Village in paperback.
The book recreates the rise and fall of Nicolas Foucquet, superintendent of finances under Louis XIV, whose fortune was embodied in the château of Vaux-le-Vicomte. It describes courtly intrigues, the construction of the estate, and the lavish party in honor of the young king that precipitated his arrest, with figures such as Molière, La Fontaine and Corneille.
Work originally published in 1888; this 1987 edition has 212 pages, French text and black-and-white illustrations.
A work for those interested in French history, the 17th-century court and the monumental heritage of Île-de-France.
Anatole France was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters. He was a member of the Académie Française, and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament".
