The Trial of Nicolas Fouquet
by
Vincent J. Pitts
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
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...