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1 online resource |
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Academic & Nonfiction Books anthology |
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Academic & Nonfiction Books anthology
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NC LIVE module
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| Contents |
Youth and marriage -- Early years of reign -- Marie Antoinette's lifestyle -- Deteriorating financial situation -- The necklace affair -- Attempts to avoid bankruptcy -- Composition of the estates-general -- Opening of the estates-general -- Fall of the Bastille -- Accommodating the revolutionaries -- Mob takes royal family captive -- Life of the royal family in Paris -- Bastille anniversary celebration -- Civil constitution of the clergy -- Flight to Varennes -- Final steps toward a constitutional monarchy -- Acceptance of the constitution -- Invasion of the Tuileries Palace -- Attacks by Austrian and Prussian forces -- Insurrectional commune seizes power in Paris -- Battle at the Tuileries Palace -- The royal family in prison -- September prison massacres -- French military successes -- Trial of the king -- King condemned to death -- Final hours and execution |
| Summary |
"This biography traces the painfully exciting events involving Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and their two children. The royal family was first taken by a violent mob from Versailles to Paris. They attempted an escape but it failed when they had almost reached safety. A year later the king and queen were guillotined"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793.
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Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793.
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Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 -- Family
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Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 fast |
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Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793 fast |
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Queens -- France -- Biography
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Monarchy -- France -- History -- 18th century
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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Families
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Kings and rulers
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Monarchy
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Queens
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France -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051319
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France
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781476602431 |
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1476602433 |
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1299616011 |
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9781299616011 |
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