266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
266 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1968, The Bourbon Tragedy marks the fall of the ancient French monarchy on August 10, 1792. The Bourbon Royal Family was imprisoned in the tower of the Temple, a dark, medieval dungeon. The following January Louis XVI was taken out, tried and guillotined, and later Marie Antoinette too. Their two children, the Dauphin, a boy of eight, and his fourteen-year-old sister, were... Read more
1. The Tocsin 2. The Tuileries 3. The Massacre of the Swiss 4. The Temple 5. The Prisoners 6. The Princess de Lamballe’s Head 7. The Little Tower 8. The Commissioners 9. The First Victim 10. The Plots 11. The Separations 12. The Second Victim 13. The Gaoler 14. The Third Victim 15. The Marriage Plans 16. The Enigma 17. The Death and Burial 18. The Pretenders Chronology Bibliography Index
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Rupert Furneaux
