The Man Who Outshone The Sun King : The Rise and Fall of Nicolas Foucquet
Author(s): Charles Drazin
Tells the story of Nicolas Fouquet's adventures as a tax-collector, caught up in rebellion in the Dauphine, of the loyalty and service that he gave to Cardinal Mazarin and of the financial wizardry that somehow kept France's finances together.
2008, First edition, first printing. A fine, unread copy in a fine, unclipped d/w that is now in a protective cover.
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The story - straight out of Dumas - of the rise and fall of Nicolas Fouquet, Louis XIV's first finance minister and the man who 'outshone the Sun King'. 20040315
"A gripping account of one of the most spectacular -- and tragic -- careers in French history." -- Munro Price "From the Trade Paperback edition."
Charles Drazin is the author of Korda: The Definitive Biography, The Finest Years: British Cinema of the 1940's and In Search of the Third Man, a book telling the story of the making of the classic film. He is also the editor of the Journals of John Fowles. He lives in London.
General Fields
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- : William Heinemann Ltd
- : William Heinemann Ltd
- : 0.508
- : 01 July 2008
- : 221mm X 138mm X 32mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : 30
- : 352
- : 944.033092
- : 908
- : Hardback
- : Charles Drazin