Mikhail Bulgakov. The life of Monsieur de Moliere (№ 417149)

In the history of mankind, many embezzlers have been noted. But one of the most brilliant, undoubtedly, was Nicolas Fouquet, who held at the time described the position of the chief manager of the finances of France. To perpetrate such a robbery of the state treasury, which Fouquet did, rarely did anyone succeed. In the end, Fouquet completely lost the idea of where government money ends and his own begins.