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Marie Antoinette's darkest days : prisoner no. 280 in the Conciergerie /

The 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bashor, Will (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Subjects:
Marie Antoinette, > Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, > 1755-1793 > Imprisonment.
Marie Antoinette, > Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, > 1755-1793 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Marie Antoinette, > Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, > 1755-1793 > Death and burial.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799.

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