When the King Took Flight
Download or Read eBook When the King Took Flight PDF written by Timothy TACKETT and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Timothy TACKETT |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2009-06-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 0674044207 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780674044203 |
Rating | : 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis When the King Took Flight by : Timothy TACKETT
Book excerpt: On 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.