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Louis and Antoinette /

Presents the story of Louis XVI, King of France and his wife, Marie Antoinette of Austria.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cronin, Vincent (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Morrow, 1975, ©1974.
Subjects:
Louis > XVI, > King of France, > 1754-1793.
Marie Antoinette, > Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, > 1755-1793.
France > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Queens > France > Biography.
Reines > France > Biographies.
Louis > XVI, > King of France, > 1754-1793
Marie Antoinette, > Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, > 1755-1793
Kings and rulers
Queens
France
France > Kings and rulers > Biography
Louis > XVI > King of France > 1754-1793
Marie Antoinette > Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France > 1755-1793
Queens > France > Biography
Biography.
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.