Marie Antoinette's Darkest Days: Prisoner No. 280 in the

Marie Antoinette's Darkest Days: Prisoner No. 280 in the Conciergerie

This compelling book begins on the 2nd of August 1793, the day Marie Antoinette was torn from her familyâ€™s arms and escorted from the Temple to the Conciergerie, a thick-walled fortress turned prison. It was also known as the â€œwaiting room for the guillotineâ€ 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 Antoinetteâ€™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 queenâ€™s life, vividly recaptured in this richly researched history.
Country USA
Brand Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Manufacturer Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2016-12-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781442254992

Country	USA
Brand	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Manufacturer	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
ReleaseDate	2016-12-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781442254992

Marie Antoinette's Darkest Days: Prisoner No. 280 in the Conciergerie