Fish, Frustration, and Fatality: The Story of a 17th century French Chef's Suicide |Medieval History
History of medieval France is fascinating, not just because of the larger-than-life figures it threw at us, like Louis xiv or Marie Antoinette but because of the common man's stories. Tragic as this is, the suicide of the French chef Francois Vatel over the delayed delivery of fish speaks volumes about the life and times of Louis xiv's France.