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Marie Antoinette's Darkest Days

Prisoner No. 280 in the Conciergerie
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This compelling 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 two here before their conviction and subsequent execution. The ex-queen surely knew her days were numbered, but she could never have known that two and a half months would pass before she would finally stand trial and be convicted of the most ungodly charges. Will Bashor traces the final days of the prisoner registered only as Widow Capet, No. 280, a time that was a cruel mixture of grandeur, humiliation, and terror. Marie Antoinette's reign amidst the splendors of the court of Versailles is a familiar story, but her final imprisonment in a fetid, dank dungeon is a little-known coda to a once-charmed life. 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.

Author Biography

Will Bashor is the author of the award-winning Marie Antoinette's Head: The Royal Hairdresser, the Queen, and the Revolution. He holds a doctorate in International Studies from the American Graduate School in Paris and is professor of global issues at Franklin University. Visit him at www.willbashor.com.
Release date NZ
February 1st, 2017
Author
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United States
Illustrations
1 Charts; 3 Maps; 45 Halftones, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white
Imprint
Rowman & Littlefield
Pages
392
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions
163x236x26
ISBN-13
9781442254992
Product ID
23921272

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