Louis XVII

Louis XVII
Author: Alcide Beauchesne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 514
Release: 1853
Genre: France
ISBN:

That ever yet this land was guilty of. Shakespeare: Richard III., Act iv., Sc. 3. Louis OF france, the seventeenth of the name, lived only ten years, two months, and twelve days. He bore the title of king only beneath the thatched roofs of La Vendee, and Within the tents of an exiled nobility. A few words, then, might seem to suffice for the narration of his life. -- Provided by publisher.

Louis XVII

Louis XVII
Author: Alcide Beauchesne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 510
Release: 1976
Genre: France
ISBN:

Louis XVII

Louis XVII
Author: William Ward Wight
Publisher:
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1915
Genre: Impostors and imposture
ISBN:

Marie Antoinette's Darkest Days

Marie Antoinette's Darkest Days
Author: Will Bashor
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2016-12-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1442255005

This compelling book begins on the 2nd of August 1793, the day Marie Antoinette was torn from her family’s arms and escorted from the Temple to the Conciergerie, a thick-walled fortress turned prison. It was also known as the “waiting room for the guillotine” because prisoners only spent a day or two here before their conviction and subsequent execution. The ex-queen surely knew her days were numbered, but she could never have known that two and a half months would pass before she would finally stand trial and be convicted of the most ungodly charges. Will Bashor traces the final days of the prisoner registered only as Widow Capet, No. 280, a time that was a cruel mixture of grandeur, humiliation, and terror. Marie Antoinette’s reign amidst the splendors of the court of Versailles is a familiar story, but her final imprisonment in a fetid, dank dungeon is a little-known coda to a once-charmed life. Her seventy-six days in this terrifying prison can only be described as the darkest and most horrific of the fallen queen’s life, vividly recaptured in this richly researched history.

Louis Xvii; His Life, His Suffering, His Death, the Captivity of the Royal Family in the Temple

Louis Xvii; His Life, His Suffering, His Death, the Captivity of the Royal Family in the Temple
Author: Alcide Beauchesne
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2013-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781230266718

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ... BOOK NINTH. THE KING'S TRIAL. Snd December, 1792--20TB Januaby, 1793 Situation of parties--Cause of the King's trial--New municipality--Kedoubled persecutions--The King learns that his trial is about to take place--Decree of the Commune--Searches made at the Temple-- Rocher and Risbey discharged--Measures of security adopted by Roland --The executive council, the department of Paris, and the Commune sitting permanently--The Dauphin taken from the King--The King before the Convention--Agony of the Queen and Madame Elizabeth-- The King is not permitted to see his family--The King chooses his counsel; Malesherbes, Tronchet, and Des&ze--The King foresees his condemnation--Commission of the Convention sent to the Temple-- Louis XVI. allowed to see his children, on condition that they shall not see their mother--He refuses--The indictment and other official documents connected with the trial communicated to the King--Conferences of Louis XVI. with his counsel--M. Edgeworth de Firmont-- Secret communication between the two floors of the Tower--Anniversary of the birth of Madame Royale--Conversations with Malesherbes --Deseze reads his plea to the King--The King's will--The King again at the bar of the Convention--His defence--His speech--The 1st January, 1Y93--The journals--Manifestation of opinion at the theatres--Illness of Madame Royale--The Ami des Lois read at the Temple--The King declared guilty--The nominal appeal--New message to M. Edgeworth de Firmont--Condemnation of the King--His speech--Appeal to the nation--The King's farewell to M. Malesherbes --Inventory drawn up at the Temple. During the imprisonment of the royal family at the Temple, we have not narrated the events which succeeded each other out of doors, except where their...

Harper & Brothers' List of Publications

Harper & Brothers' List of Publications
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2023-04-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3382321076

Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.