The Story of the Son of the King

The party began with a lavish seven course dinner featuring foods from the orient never before tasted in france. After dinner, there was a promenade through the chateaus gardens. The next day, fouquet was arrested by the king's head musketeer, d'artagnan. Three months later, he went on trial for stealing from the country's treasury. He was found guilty and sent to the most isolated prison in france,. where he spent the last 20 years of his life in solitary confinement. At versailles, louis hosted parties even more extravagant than the one that cost fouquet his freedom. Louis chose jean baptiste colbert, a man famous for