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Condemnation RedemptionChapter 5 Octobre 1688 Vaux le Vicomte
Our visit to the magnificent château, Vaux-le-Vicomte, was in its way taking a dangerous chance. Madame Fouquet had regained the château many years before. It had been seized by the King after Colbert had convinced him that Nicolas Fouquet, Louis XIV’s superintendent of finances, had funded its construction through theft from the public purse. The more likely real explanation: it was seized due to a fit of Kingly envy. The King, though, still looked upon the Fouquets with a jaundiced eye....