Shadow of the Bastille

Episode 44

Shadow of the Bastille

Being the Fourth Part of Le Vicomte de Bragelonne

By Alexandre Dumas

Edited and Translated by Lawrence Ellsworth

In Last Week’s Episode

In an interview with the king, Monsieur Fouquet, the Superintendent of Finances, agreed that the following week he would throw a fête for the whole Court at his estate of Vaux-le-Vicomte, an event that…