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020			_a9781421418247
082			_a345.440PIT
100			_aPitts, Vincent J.
245		0	_aEmbezzlement and high treason in Louis XIV's France _bthe trial of Nicolas Fouquet
260			_aBaltimore _bJohns Hopkins University Press _c2015
300			_a224p., 4 unnumbered pages of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 207-215) and index.
520			_aFrom 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 of three long years, in the process embarrassing and infuriating Louis XIV. The young king overturned the court?s decision and sentenced Fouquet to lifelong imprisonment in a remote fortress in the Alps.
650			_aFouquet, Nicolas, 1615-1680--Trials, litigation, etc.
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