She could then be transported to the Conciergerie prison for a speedy trial by the newly created Revolutionary Tribunal. The month after Louis XVI’s rendezvous with the guillotine, and unbeknownst to Marie Antoinette, the insurrectionary delegates of the government of Paris asked that the queen be separated from her family.
Queen Marie Antoinette, the daughter of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, is imprisoned in the Temple prison with her sister-in-law Madame Élisabeth, her daughter Marie-Thérèse, and her eight-year-old son Louis Charles, the uncrowned King Louis XVII of France-uncrowned since the execution of his father Louis XVI on January 21, 1793. Gone are the days of extravagant balls, the towering pouf hairstyles, and the lavish court life of Versailles. Here, the award-winning author offers a rare glimpse into her dramatic downfall from wife of the French monarch to the anonymous prisoner, Widow Capet, No. From the splendours of Versailles to the dungeons of the Conciergerie, Will Bashor charts the coquettish queen’s harrowing final weeks in solitary confinement, awaiting her call with Madame Guillotine.
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