Fouché #2

The second volume of Nicolas Juncker and Patrick Mallet's biographical series turns its lens on Joseph Fouché as "Le policier" — the policeman — a fitting subtitle for a man who made surveillance and statecraft his life's work. The cover sets the tone perfectly: a solitary figure sits surrounded by towering stacks of books and papers in a richly wood-paneled office, candlelit and conspiratorial, conveying the image of a mind buried in secrets and dossiers. Published by Les Arènes BD in 2017, this chapter of Fouché's story promises the same meticulous, atmospheric approach that makes this series such a compelling dive into Napoleonic-era power.