http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
445 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Presents the story of Louis XVI, King of France and his wife, Marie Antoinette of Austria.
Versailles and its master -- The boy -- The impossible marriage -- Husband and wife -- The young king -- The reformer -- More reforms and a reverse -- The king at home -- The Queen's happiness -- The Neckers -- The first child -- Help to the insurgents -- Peace and prosperity -- The temper of the age: Science and the arts -- The temper of the age: religion and philosophy -- Diamonds -- An ace is trumped -- The states general -- Captured -- Diminishing freedom -- Flight -- The choice -- The assembly's sentence -- The people's sentence -- Afterwards.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France