Screen LibraryLouis XVI and the French Revolution /
"This biography traces the painfully exciting events involving Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and their two children. The royal family was first taken by a violent mob from Versailles to Paris. They attempted an escape but it failed when they had almost reached safety. A year later the king and q...
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McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
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| Publisher Address: | Jefferson, North Carolina : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"This biography traces the painfully exciting events involving Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and their two children. The royal family was first taken by a violent mob from Versailles to Paris. They attempted an escape but it failed when they had almost reached safety. A year later the king and queen were guillotined"--Provided by publisher. |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 222 pages : illustration ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780786473557 : 078647355X |
| Index Number: | DC137 |
| CLC: | K835.657 |
| Call Number: | K835.657/L888J |
| Contents: | Youth and marriage -- Early years of reign -- Marie Antoinette's lifestyle -- Deteriorating financial situation -- The necklace affair -- Attempts to avoid bankruptcy -- Composition of the estates-general -- Opening of the estates-general -- Fall of the Bastille -- Accommodating the revolutionaries -- Mob takes royal family captive -- Life of the royal family in Paris -- Bastille anniversary celebration -- Civil constitution of the clergy -- Flight to Varennes -- Final steps toward a constitutional monarchy -- Acceptance of the constitution -- Invasion of the Tuileries Palace -- Attacks by Austrian and Prussian forces -- Insurrectional commune seizes power in Paris -- Battle at the Tuileries Palace -- The royal family in prison -- September prison massacres -- French military successes -- Trial of the king -- King condemned to death -- Final hours and execution. |