This compelling book begins on the 2nd of August 1793, the day Marie Antoinette was torn from her familyās arms and escorted from the Temple to the Conciergerie, a thick-walled fortress turnedĀ prison. It was also known as the āwaiting room for the guillotineā 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.
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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 Antoinetteās 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 queenās life, vividly recaptured in this richly researched history.
This book title, Marie Antoinette's Darkest Days (Prisoner No. 280 in the Conciergerie) - 9781538138908, ISBN: 9781538138908, by Will Bashor, published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (June 15, 2020) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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