Fouché #3

The third volume of Nicolas Juncker and Patrick Mallet's historical series finds Joseph Fouché at center stage — tall, composed in black coat and top hat, cane in hand — while a crowd of Napoleonic-era figures fills the grand courtyard behind him and fallen bodies lie at his feet. The image perfectly captures the subtitle L'homme d'État (The Statesman): a man of calculated poise surrounded by the turbulence he navigates and, perhaps, engineers. Published by Les Arènes BD in 2019, this installment promises the same richly detailed period atmosphere that has made this portrait of France's most cunning political survivor so compelling.