Vaux-le-Vicomte was, moreover, the setting for one of the finest "fêtes" or celebrations, of the seventeenth century.
It was lavish, refined, and dazzling to behold, but rich in hidden drama.
The King had asked to visit, to throw Fouquet off the scent; as secretly he had decided that Fouquet would die.
Overcome with joy at the chance of parading Vaux-le-Vicomte before the sovereign whose faithful servant he remained, Fouquet assumed that he would be asked by the king to take over the post of prime minister.
Two weeks later Fouquet was arrested.
He was never to leave prison alive.
History: Vaux le Vicomte
