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Embezzlement and high treason in Louis XIV's France : the trial of Nicolas Fouquet / Vincent J. Pitts.
Van Pelt Library KJV135.F68 P58 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pitts, Vincent J. (Vincent Joseph), 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fouquet, Nicolas, 1615-1680--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Fouquet, Nicolas.
- Fouquet, Nicolas, 1615-1680.
- Trials (Embezzlement)--France.
- Trials (Embezzlement).
- Trials (Treason).
- France.
- Trials (Treason)--France.
- Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715.
- Louis.
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- The long reach
- The superintendent at work
- Fall of a Titan
- Setting the stage and writing the script
- The best laid plans of men and ministers
- To do justice without consideration of fortune or self-interest
- A performance beyond comparison
- The honor of conscience of judges
- Aftermath: the price of honor and conscience.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781421418247
- 142141824X
- OCLC:
- 905759144
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