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Noble Blood

The Party to End Nicolas Fouquet's Career

Noble Blood

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

Society & Culture, History

4.713.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In August 1661, the superintendent of finance in France threw the party of the century. In September, he was arrested. The lesson: don't fly too close to the sun (king).

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0:00.0

Hello, this is Brett Goldstein. I'm a comedian and actor, writer, director,

0:03.5

swimmer, and I love films. Come join me on my podcast, Films to Be Barried With,

0:07.6

where I invite a special guest over, I tell them they've died, then I get them to discuss

0:11.5

their life through the films that meant the most to them. What films scared them the most?

0:14.8

What made them cry the most? Etc. At the end, they pick a film to go and

0:18.4

neck-puff in and take to heaven. Like, death, and movies.

0:21.8

Listen to films to be buried with with Brett Goldstein on Will Ferrell's big money

0:25.2

players network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.4

Welcome to Noble Blood, a production of iHeartRadio and Grim and Mild from Aaron Manky,

0:36.5

listener discretion advised.

0:41.1

Hey guys, this is Dana Schwartz, the host and creator of The Podcast You're Listening to Noble Blood.

0:47.6

Just a quick note before we start. If you like this podcast, I think you'll like the books I've

0:55.1

written. I wrote a novel called Anatomy a Love Story and just this year, The Sequel,

1:00.3

Immortality a Love Story came out. And both books tell the story of a young woman in the 19th

1:06.8

century who wants to become a surgeon. So it was really inspired by just my love and obsession

1:12.6

about the transition that happened in surgery in the early 1800s. And in The Sequel,

1:19.2

Immortality a Love Story. If you haven't read it yet, there are a lot of, I'll say celebrity

1:25.4

cameos from historical figures that I've covered on this podcast. So absolutely check it out.

1:31.6

There's a link to buy it in the episode description. And thank you so much.

1:37.3

It was the most magnificent party that France had ever seen. On August 17, 1661, the

1:58.8

Poussou of French society traveled to a country estate called Valle Vicompt, which was owned by

2:07.0

Nicolas Fouquet, France's super-intendant of finance. Valle Vicompt was, without a doubt, the most

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