Marie Antoinette's Darkest Days - Prisoner No. 280 in the Conciergerie (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2020
Authors:	Will Bashor
Dimensions:	226 x 145 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	392
ISBN-13:	978-1-5381-3890-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Royalty Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Biography > Royalty Promotions
LSN:	1-5381-3890-5
Barcode:	9781538138908

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