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When the King Took Flight
by Timothy Tackett
ISBN: 067401054X
ISBN-13: 9780674010543
Format: Hardcover
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr
Published date: 2003
Size: 5.75 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 1.12 pounds
Pages: 270
Publisher's Notes
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.
The king's flight opens a window to the whole of French society during the Revolution. Each dramatic chapter spotlights a different segment of the population, from the king and queen as they plotted and executed their flight, to the people of Varennes who apprehended the royal family, to the radicals of Paris who urged an end to monarchy, to the leaders of the National Assembly struggling to control a spiraling crisis, to the ordinary citizens stunned by their king's desertion. Tackett shows how Louis's flight reshaped popular attitudes toward kingship, intensified fears of invasion and conspiracy, and helped pave the way for the Reign of Terror.
Tackett brings to life an array of unique characters as they struggle to confront the monumental transformations set in motion in 1789. In so doing, he offers an important new interpretation of the Revolution. By emphasizing the unpredictable and contingent character of this story, he underscores the power of a single event to change irrevocably the course of the French Revolution, and consequently the history of the world.
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Cambridge, Mass., Harvard Univ. Press, 2003. Boards, fine in d/w, maps, illust., pp. xi, 270. ISBN 0-674-01054-X. The foiled escape from Paris of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette during the turmoil of the French Revolution. Keywords: France French Revolution politics history King Louis XVI Marie Antoinette European royalty ( more information) Offered by Serendipity Books (Australia)
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Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: Harvard University Press, 2003. "The king's flight opens a window to the whole of Frence society. Each chapter spotlights the drama as it was experienced by a different segment of the population: from the great orators of the National Assembly to the Revolutionary officials and national guardsmen of small-town France; from Louis and Marie-Antoinette-and Marie's Swedish lover-to the ordinary men and women of Paris passionately committed to transforming their world." This book has 270 pages and is illustrated.. ISBN: 0-674-01054-X. Not Given. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. LOUIS XVI KING FRANCE 1754 1793 HISTORY REVOLUTION 1789 1799 KINGS RULERS BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY ROYALTY. ( more information) Offered by Glued To The Tube Books (United States)
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003. 1st edition.. Hardcover. NF. Ink to FFE./NF.. no. The French king's flight to Varennes during the French Revolution. B+W illustrations. Quarter-cloth boards. Heavy book may require more postage. Hardcover ( more information) Offered by Old Goat Books (Canada)
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WHEN THE KING TOOK FLIGHT
Tackett, Timothy
Harvard University Press, 2003. Hardback. NEW CONDITION. 210 x 140mm 288 pages 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. This is the story of events both before and after their departure, eventual arrest and execution, told in a novelistic style. ( more information) Offered by Dagwood Books (United Kingdom)
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