When the King Took Flight |
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| Author:
| Tackett, Timothy |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-01642-2 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2004 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $53.95 |
Book Description:
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On a June night in 1791, King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette fled Paris in disguise, hoping to escape the turmoil of the French Revolution. They were arrested by a group of citizens a few miles from Belgium and forced to return to Paris. Two years later they would both die at the guillotine. Tackett recounts this story in gripping novelistic style.
On a June night in 1791, King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette fled Paris in disguise, hoping to escape the turmoil of the French Revolution. They were arrested by a group of citizens a few miles from Belgium and forced to return to Paris. Two years later they would both die at the guillotine. Tackett recounts this story in gripping novelistic style.