Will Bashor

Marie Antoinette's Darkest Days

Prisoner No. 280 in the Conciergerie. Sprachen: Englisch. 22,9 cm / 15,2 cm / 2,2 cm ( B/H/T )

Buch (Softcover), 392 Seiten

EAN 9781538138908

Veröffentlicht September 2020

Verlag/Hersteller Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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Beschreibung

Marie Antoinette’s Darkest Days recreates in compelling detail the short but intensely agonizing period of the ex-queen’s incarceration in the Conciergerie, 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.

Portrait

Will Bashor is the author of the award-winning Marie Antoinette's Head: The Royal Hairdresser, the Queen, and the Revolution and Marie Antoinette's Darkest Days: Prisoner No. 280 in the Conciergerie. He holds a doctorate in international studies from the American Graduate School in Paris and is professor of global issues at Franklin University. He lives in Barcelona, Spain. Visit him at www.willbashor.com.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

AUTHOR'S NOTE PROLOGUE CHRONOLOGY INTRODUCTION PART ONE: THE CONCIERGERIE Chapter 1: Transfer from the Temple Prison À Savoir: "The Queen of France at the Conciergerie" Chapter 2: The Queen's Dungeon Cell À Savoir: The Queen's Final Portrait Chapter 3: The Horrors of the Conciergerie À Savoir: The Game "Guillotine" Chapter 4: Kindhearted Souls À Savoir: Rosalie Lamorlière PART TWO: RESCUE THE QUEEN! Chapter 5: Royalist Supporters À Savoir: The Queen's Expenses in the Conciergerie Chapter 6: The Carnation Plot À Savoir: "Le Chevalier de la Maison Rouge" Chapter 7: The Queen's New Cell À Savoir: The Controversy Chapter 8: Tightened Security À Savoir: Count Fersen Meets Rougeville PART THREE: THE QUEEN'S ARRAIGNMENT Chapter 9: Prosecutor Fouquier-Tinville À Savoir: Jacques-Louis David Chapter 10: The Indictment, the Jury, and the Witnesses À Savoir: Le Tribunal Révolutionnaire Chapter 11: The Revolutionary Tribunal - Day One À Savoir: Meteorologists Report Chapter 12: The Revolutionary Tribunal - Day Two À Savoir: Meteorologists Report PART FOUR: OCTOBER 16, 1793 - COLD & CLOUDY Chapter 13: The Queen's Last Rites À Savoir: The Queen's Dog Chapter 14: The Route of the Fatal Tumbril À Savoir: Sanson Obituary Chapter 15: The "National Razor" À Savoir: Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin PART FIVE: THE ABSURDITY Chapter 16: The Unfortunates and the Sole Survivors À Savoir: Madame Élisabeth of France Chapter 17: La Cimetière de la Madeleine À Savoir: Basilica of Saint-Denis EPILOGUE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS & CREDITS SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ENDNOTES