When the King Took FlightOn a June night in 1791, King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette fled Paris in disguise, hoping to escape the mounting turmoil of the French Revolution. They were arrested by a small group of citizens a few miles from the Belgian border and forced to return to Paris. Two years later they would both die at the guillotine. It is this extraordinary story, and the events leading up to and away from it, that Tackett recounts in gripping novelistic style. |
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User Review - KamGeb - LibraryThingI read this book for a college course. Definitely was not a book I would ever just pick up and read for the fun of it because the topic doesn't interest me that much. But I must say that the book was ... Read full review
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User Review - bakabaka84 - LibraryThingTells the story of the kings Flight to Varennes and the consequences of the event. Tackett starts off with the end of the flight when the king reached Varennes and his stopped by the local citizens ... Read full review
Contents
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1 Sire You May Not Pass | 3 |
2 The King of the French | 26 |
3 The King Takes Flight | 57 |
4 Our Good City of Paris | 88 |
5 The Fathers of the Nation | 119 |
6 Fear and Repression in the Provinces | 151 |
7 To Judge a King | 179 |