9780434012190 - the man who outshone the sun king di drazin, charles (5 risultati)
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Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno UnitoWorldofBooks
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Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Da: Barclay Books, York, WA, AustraliaBarclay Books
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Hardback. 908. 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, unc…lipped d/w that is now in a protective cover.
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Da: Heroes Bookshop, Paris, ON, CanadaHeroes Bookshop
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st edition /1st Printing. a very fine copy with crisp clean pages and a mylar protected dust cover.
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Da: Henffordd Books, Herefordshire, Regno UnitoHenffordd Books
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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing 2008. Slight rubbing to edges of dust-jacket, now protected using removable clear wrap, otherwise in excellent condition. Next day dispatch by Royal Mail in sturdy, recyclable packaging. 1000's of satisfied customers! Pl…ease contact us with any enquiries.
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Da: CHARLES BOSSOM, Ely, CAMBS, Regno UnitoCHARLES BOSSOM
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Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition, First Impression. Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Black cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine.Colour illustrated end papers. Plates. 338 pages clean and tight. Sometime late in 1664, the musketeer D'Artagnan rode beside a heavily-arm…oured carriage as it rumbled slowly southwards from Paris, carrying his great friend Nicolas Fouquet to internal exile and life imprisonment in the fortress of Pignerol. There he would be incarcerated in a cell next door to the Man with the Iron Mask. From a glittering zenith as the King's first minister, builder of the breathtaking chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte, collector of books, patron of the arts and lover of beautiful women, Fouquet had fallen like Icarus. Charged with embezzlement, he was convicted and sentenced to banishment until the King intervened to change his sentence to life imprisonment. Charles Drazin's riveting account brings to life the rich and hazardous world in which Foucquet lived. As a child he learned from his devout mother how to mix herbal remedies for the patients at the Hotel-Dieu and from his father, a creature of Cardinal Richelieu, the demands of political life. Drazin tells of the young man's first adventures as a tax-collector, caught up in rebellion in the Dauphiné , of the loyalty and service that he gave to Cardinal Mazarin and of the financial wizardry that somehow kept France's finances together. The cunning, charisma and charm of Fouquet enchant and beguile while they reveal the seeds of his destruction. But it is in his downfall and incarceration, which he bore with great fortitude, courage and humour, that Fouquet's strength of character and grace emerge, as he somehow survives both solitary confinement and absence of books, pen and ink. The richness and contrasts of his remarkable story are done full justice in this compelling book. Size: 8vo.
