Vincent J. Pitts holds a Ph.D. in European history from Harvard University. He has taught at several universities and currently teaches at Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT., USA. His earlier books include Embezzlement and High Treason in Louis XIV's France (2015); Henri IV of France, His Reign and Age (2009); La Grande Mademoiselle at the Court of France (2000); and The Man Who Sacked Rome: Charles de Bourbon, Constable of France (1993).