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9781596910584

Marie-Therese The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter

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    9781596910584

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    1596910585

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-07-07
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

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Summary

In December 1795, at midnight on her seventeenth birthday, Marie-Thrse, only surviving child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, fled Paris's notorious Temple Prison. Kept in solitary confinement after her parents' brutal execution, she was unaware of her family's fate.

Author Biography

Susan Nagel is the author of Mistress of the Elgin Marbles and a critically acclaimed book on the novels of Jean Giraudoux. She has written for the stage, screen, and scholarly journals. She is a professor of humanities at Marymount Manhattan College and lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. ix
List of Illustrationsp. xi
Chronologyp. xiii
Family Treesp. xviii
Mapp. xxii
Prefacep. xxv
Sinner
Sex and Politicsp. 3
Child of Francep. 20
Playmatesp. 33
Once upon a Timep. 43
Storm Clouds over the Palacep. 53
The End of the Fairy Talep. 70
A New Homep. 83
A Dangerous Gamep. 100
The Losing Sidep. 111
Two Orphansp. 123
Sole Survivorp. 145
Saint
Every Inch a Princessp. 163
Viennap. 176
The Émigréesp. 186
The Birth of a Strategistp. 198
A Bridep. 207
The New Antigonep. 218
Country Lifep. 236
The Only Man in the Familyp. 250
Restorationp. 270
Birth, Death and a New Dauphinep. 284
Mending Fencesp. 299
Suspicions Confirmedp. 318
Blackmailp. 332
Queen of Francep. 349
The Matriarchp. 357
Afterwordp. 367
Notesp. 377
Bibliographyp. 383
Indexp. 393
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